Tualatin-Yamhill

Tualatin-Yamhill was a Kalapuyan language once spoken in United States.

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Tualatin-Yamhill · 45.3°N 123.0°W

Northern Kalapuyan is an extinct Kalapuyan language indigenous to northwestern Oregon in the United States. It was spoken by Kalapuya groups in the northern Willamette Valley southwest of present-day Portland.

Two distinct dialects of the language have been identified. The Tualatin dialect (Tfalati, Atfalati) was spoken along the Tualatin River. The Yamhill (Yamhala) dialect was spoken along the Yamhill River. The language is closely related to Central Kalapuya, spoken by related groups in the central and southern Willamette Valley.

The terminal speaker of Northern Kalapuya was Louis Kenoyer who died in 1937.

From Wikipedia · Northern Kalapuya language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Tualatin-Yamhill

Meaning	Word	Romanization
person	amim*
name	dankwit*
ear	dankda*
nose	non*
tooth	dund*
hand	lakw*
skin	dumpgag*
knee	tin*
water	mampga*
fire	hami*
sun	ampyan*
stone	and*
tree	wadik*
leaf	kweik*
night	wifya*
dog	mantal*
louse	mandui*
one	wa7an*
two	gem*
drink	ditkwit*
see	hod*
hear	gapt*
path	gun*
new	ba7al*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

Nearby languages

Tillamook Central Kalapuya Molale Kwalhioqua-Clatskanie Kathlamet Upper Chinook Cowlitz Alsea-Yaquina Tenino Clatsop-Shoalwater Chinook

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