Northern Kalapuyan is an extinct Kalapuyan language indigenous to northwestern

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. It was spoken by Kalapuya groups in the northern Willamette Valley southwest of present-day Portland. Three distinct

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s 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.

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Kalapuyan languages Indigenous languages of Oregon Indigenous languages of the Pacific Northwest Coast Kalapuya, Northern Extinct languages of North America Languages extinct in the 1930s 1937 disestablishments in Oregon Native American history of Oregon {{IndigenousAmerican-lang-stub