- Molala language
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Molala Spoken in United States Region Central Oregon and Washington Ethnicity Molala people Native speakers 0 (date missing) Language family Plateau Penutian- Molala
Language codes ISO 639-3 mbe Molala (Molele, Molalla) is the extinct and poorly attested Plateau Penutian language of the Molala people. It is first attested along the Deschutes River, and later moved to the Molalla and Santiam rivers, and to the headwaters of the Umpqua and Rogue rivers. It was once thought to be close to Cayuse. There were three known dialects:
- Northern Molalla, spoken in southern Oregon in the Cascade Range
- Upper Santiam Molalla, spoken along the upper Santiam River in the Cascades in central Oregon.
- Southern Molalla, spoken in southern Oregon in the Cascade Range
Categories:- Language articles with undated speaker data
- Indigenous languages of Oregon
- Extinct languages of North America
- Indigenous languages of the North American Plateau
- Plateau Penutian languages
- Indigenous languages of the Americas stubs
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