Central Kalapuya
Central Kalapuya was a Kalapuyan language once spoken in United States.
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Central Kalapuyan was a Kalapuyan language indigenous to the central and southern Willamette Valley in Oregon in the United States. It was spoken by various bands of the Kalapuya peoples who inhabited the valley up through the middle of the 19th century. The language is closely related to Northern Kalapuya, spoken in the Tualatin and Yamhill valleys.
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Words in Central Kalapuya
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mim7* | |
| name | kwat* | |
| ear | kda* | |
| nose | nona* | |
| tooth | di7* | |
| hand | lagwa* | |
| skin | pgak* | |
| knee | tina* | |
| water | bgɛˀ | |
| fire | ma* | |
| sun | pyan7* | |
| stone | da* | |
| tree | wa7dak* | |
| leaf | gwaik* | |
| night | wifya* | |
| dog | tal7* | |
| louse | dui* | |
| one | wa7na* | |
| two | gemi7* | |
| drink | kwit* | |
| see | hodu* | |
| hear | gapdu* | |
| come | yeha* | |
| path | gauni7* | |
| new | ba7la* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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