Yoncalla (also Southern Kalapuya or Yonkalla) is an extinct
Kalapuyan
Kalapuyan (also Kalapuya) is a small extinct language family that was spoken in the Willamette Valley of Western Oregon, United States. It consists of three languages.
The Kalapuya language is currently in a state of revival. Kalapuyan descenda ...
language once spoken in southwest
Oregon in the
United States.
In the 19th century it was spoken by the Yoncalla band of the
Kalapuya people in the
Umpqua River valley. It is closely related to
Central Kalapuya and
Northern Kalapuya, spoken in the
Willamette Valley to the north.
The last known user of the language was Laura Blackery Albertson, who attested to being a partial speaker in 1937.
References
External links
OLAC resources in and about the Southern Kalapuya language
Kalapuyan languages
Indigenous languages of Oregon
Indigenous languages of the Pacific Northwest Coast
Languages of the United States
Extinct languages of North America
Languages extinct in the 1930s
1930s disestablishments in Oregon
Native American history of Oregon
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