Central Kalapuya language

Information about Central Kalapuya language

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. Dialects of Central Kalapuya that have been identified include:
  • Ahantchuyuk dialect, spoken in the northeastern Willamette Valley along the Pudding and Molalla rivers
  • Santiam dialect, spoken in the central Willamette Valley along the lower Santiam River
  • Luckiamute dialect, spoken in the central Willamette Valley along the Luckiamute River
  • Chepenafa dialect, spoken in the central Willamette Valley along Mary's River
  • Chemapho dialect, spoken in central Willamette Valley along Muddy Creek.
  • Chelamela dialect, spoken in the southwestern Willamette Valley along the Long Tom River
  • Tsankupi dialect, spoken in the southeastern Willamette Valley along the Calapooia River
  • Winefelly-Mohawk dialects, spoken in the southeastern Willamette Valley along the McKenzie, Mohawk, and Coast Fork Willamette rivers

External links

Kalapuyan (also Kalapuya) is a small extinct language family of western Oregon, Willamette Valley consisting of only three languages.

Family division

Kalapuyan consists of

1. Northern Kalapuya (a.k.a. Tualatin-Yamhill)
2.

..... Click the link for more information.
Willamette Valley (pronounced [wɪˈlæ.mɪt], with the accent on the second syllable) is the region in northwest Oregon in the United States that surrounds the Willamette River as it proceeds northward from its
..... Click the link for more information.
State of Oregon

Flag of Oregon (front) Seal
Nickname(s): Beaver State
Motto(s): Alis volat propriis

Official language(s) (none)[1]

Capital Salem
Largest city Portland

..... Click the link for more information.
Motto
"In God We Trust"   (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum"   ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
Anthem
..... Click the link for more information.
The Kalapuya (also Kalapuyan, Kalapooian, Calapooya, Calapooia) are a Native American ethnic group and are members of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon.
..... Click the link for more information.
For the periodical, see .
The 19th Century (also written XIX century) lasted from 1801 through 1900 in the Gregorian calendar. It is often referred to as the "1800s.
..... Click the link for more information.
Northern Kalapuyan is a 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 languages have been identified.
..... Click the link for more information.
Origin Northern Oregon Coast Range
Mouth Willamette River
Basin countries United States
Length  mi ( km)

Mouth elevation 85.61 feet above sea level
Avg.
..... Click the link for more information.
The Yamhill River is a tributary of the Willamette River, approximately 12 miles (19 km) long, in northwestern Oregon in the United States. It drains an area of the Oregon Coast Range west of the Willamette Valley, providing a fertile agricultural valley.
..... Click the link for more information.
The Pudding River is a tributary of the Molalla River in the U.S. state of Oregon.

Its headwaters are near Sweet Spring Mountain in the Cascade Range. After emerging from the Cascades, it becomes a slow meandering stream, passing through a region of fertile agricultural
..... Click the link for more information.
The Molalla River is a tributary of the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon.

Its headwaters are in Clackamas County, in the Table Rock Wilderness Area, near Table Rock, in the Cascade Range.
..... Click the link for more information.
The Santiam River (san-tee-AM) is a tributary of the Willamette River, approximately 10 mi (16 km) long, in western Oregon in the United States. Through its two principal tributaries, the North Santiam and the South Santiam rivers it drains a large area of the Cascade Range at the
..... Click the link for more information.
The Luckiamute River is a tributary of the Willamette River, approximately 30 mi (48 km) long, in western Oregon in the United States. It drains an area of Central Oregon Coast Range and the western Willamette Valley northwest of Corvallis.
..... Click the link for more information.
Marys River (formerly Mary's River, and sometimes still spelled this way) is a tributary of the Willamette River in western Oregon, starting near Corvallis. Wyman St.
..... Click the link for more information.
Long Tom River is a tributary of the Willamette River, approximately 50 mi (80 km) long, in western Oregon in the United States. It drains an area at the south end of the Willamette Valley between Eugene and Corvallis.
..... Click the link for more information.
The Calapooia River is a tributary of the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon.

The Calapooia runs through Crawfordsville and Brownsville in the Willamette Valley. The river converges with the Willamette near Albany.
..... Click the link for more information.
McKenzie River is a tributary of the Willamette River, 86 miles (138 km) long, in northwestern Oregon in the United States. It drains part of the Cascade Range east of Eugene into the southernmost end of the Willamette Valley.
..... Click the link for more information.
Mohawk River is a major waterway in north-central New York, United States. The river flows approximately 143 miles (230 km) ESE from Oneida County, entering the Hudson River near Albany, making it the latter's longest tributary.
..... Click the link for more information.
Coast Fork Willamette River

Country | United States

State | Oregon

Length | 55 mi (89 km) [1]
..... Click the link for more information.

This article is copied from an article on Wikipedia.org - the free encyclopedia created and edited by online user community. The text was not checked or edited by anyone on our staff. Although the vast majority of the wikipedia encyclopedia articles provide accurate and timely information please do not assume the accuracy of any particular article. This article is distributed under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License.