Kalapuyan
- noun
- /ˌkæl.əˈpuː.jən/
- Specialized
- The Kalapuyan language was spoken in the Willamette Valley before English became dominant.
Examples
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Very few written records of Kalapuyan remain, making it difficult to reconstruct its vocabulary.
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The Kalapuyan language was once widely spoken in Oregon.
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Linguists have studied the Kalapuyan language to understand its place among Penutian languages.
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Are there any speakers of Kalapuyan today?
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Linguists have studied the Kalapuyan language to understand its place among Penutian languages.
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The Kalapuyan language was spoken in the Willamette Valley before English became dominant.
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Very few written records of Kalapuyan remain, making it difficult to reconstruct its vocabulary.
Synonyms
A native language once spoken by the Kalapuya people in western Oregon, USA
A language no longer spoken that the Kalapuya people spoke in western Oregon
An extinct Native American language once spoken by the Kalapuya people in western Oregon
Compounds
- Specialized
A native language once spoken by the Kalapuya people in western Oregon, USA
Surface Forms
Morphology
Kalapuyan = Kalapuya (transparent) = Kalapuya + an
Formed by the ethnonym 'Kalapuya' plus the productive English suffix '-an' to indicate relation (people/language), a regular and recognizable derivation.
Etymology
Kalapuyan comes from the name of the Kalapuya people of Oregon. The ending -an shows 'belonging to' or 'language of', so Kalapuyan means the language of the Kalapuya people and refers to their now extinct language.
