Kalapuyan languages

{{short description|Language family}}

{{Infobox language family

| name = Kalapuya

| region = Northwest Oregon

| ethnicity = Kalapuya people

| familycolor = penutian

| fam1 = Penutian ?

| glotto = kala1402

| glottorefname = Kalapuyan

| map = Kalapuyan langs.png

| mapcaption =

| child1 = Northern {{extinct}}

| child2 = Central {{extinct}}

| child3 = Yoncalla {{extinct}}

}}

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.Berman, H. (1990). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1265442 An Outline of Kalapuya Historical Phonology.] International Journal of American Linguistics, 56(1), 27-59.

The Kalapuya language is currently in a state of revival. Kalapuyan descendants in the southernmost Kalapuya region of Yoncalla, Oregon, published 100 copies of a comprehensive dictionary, with plans to expand.{{Cite web |last=Reece |first=Myers |date=2022-03-06 |title=The quest to save Oregon's Kalapuya: 'You lose a language, you lose a culture' |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2022/03/the-quest-to-save-oregons-kalapuya-you-lose-a-language-you-lose-a-culture.html |access-date=2022-05-14 |website=oregonlive |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Notarianni |first=John |date=2022-04-02 |title=Bringing Oregon's Kalapuya language back from the brink of extinction |url=https://www.opb.org/article/2022/04/02/oregon-kalapuya-language-indigenous-people-willamette-valley-dictionary-native-americans/ |access-date=2022-05-14 |website=opb |language=en}}

Family division

Kalapuyan consists of

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Genetic relations

Image:Wilhamut.1.JPG in Eugene, Oregon; this one is next to the Willamette River: Whilamut (meaning, Where the river ripples and runs fast)]]

Kalapuyan is usually connected with the various Penutian proposals. This was originally part of an Oregon Penutian branch along with Takelma, Siuslaw, Alsea and Coosan.Sapir, E. (1921). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1263181 A Characteristic Penutian Form of Stem.] International Journal of American Linguistics, 2(1/2), 58-67. A special relationship with Takelma had been proposed, together forming a "Takelma–Kalapuyan" or "Takelman" family.Frachtenberg, L. (1918).

[https://www.jstor.org/stable/1262825 Comparative Studies in Takelman, Kalapuyan and Chinookan Lexicography, a Preliminary Paper]. International Journal of American Linguistics, 1(2), 175-182.Swadesh, M. (1965).

[https://www.jstor.org/stable/1263898 Kalapuya and Takelma]. International Journal of American Linguistics, 31(3), 237-240.Shipley, W. (1969). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1264690 Proto-Takelman]. International Journal of American Linguistics, 35(3), 226-230.Kendall, D. (1997). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1265863 The Takelma Verb: Toward Proto-Takelma-Kalapuyan]. International Journal of American Linguistics, 63(1), 1-17. However, an unpublished paper by Tarpent & Kendall (1998)cited in: Mithun, Marianne. (1999). The languages of Native North America, pp. 432-433. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. finds this relationship to be unfounded because of the extremely different morphological structures of Takelma and Kalapuyan.

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Proto-language

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Below is a list of Proto-Kalapuyan reconstructions by Shipley (1970):Shipley, William. 1970. Proto-Kalapuyan. In Swanson, Jr., Earl H. (ed.), Languages and Cultures of Western North America, 97-106. Pocatello: Idaho State University Press.

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1all*pu-
2bad*khaskha
3big*pala
4bird*twi(ː)ca
5bite*yiːk
6black*muː
7blood*nu
8blow*puː-
9bone*ca
10burn*y-
11cold*tuːku
12come*ma-
13come-
14cut-
15dig*hu-
16dog*tal
17drink*kʷh-
18dry*chakkaluː
19dull*tu-
20dust*skuːp
21earth*nuwa
22eat*kʷVnafu
23egg*pha
24eye*kʷhillaːk, *kʷhalliːk
25fall
26father*-fa-
27father*maːma
28fear*n-
29fear*yakla
30feather*lunka
31few*puː(n)
32five*waːn
33flower*puːk
34four*tapa
35fruit*kayna
36give*tiː
37good*suː
38grass*luːkʷa
39green*ci-
40guts*niːya
41hair, head*kʷaː
42hand*laːkʷa
43he*kʷawk
44hear*kapt
45heart*-uːpna
46heavy*kayt
47hot*ʔuːk
48I*chi
49ice*tic
50kill*tah-
51know*yukhu
52lake*paːɫ
53leaf*takhVɫ
54left*kay
55liver*paw
56long*puːs
57louse*t-
58man*ʔuːyhi
59many-
60meat*muːkhi, *muːkʷhi
61mother*naːna
62mountain*maːfuː
64name*kʷat
65neck*puː- -k
66new*pa(n)ɫa
67nose*nuːna
68not*waːnk
69old*yuː(k)
70one-
71other*wana
72path*kawni
73person*mim
74pierce*twa-
75push*t-
76red*c- -l
77river*cal
78rope*cal
79round*(wi)luː
80saliva*ta(w)f
81say*na(ka)
82sea*minlak
83see*huːthu
84sew*-aːkʷaː(t)
85short*-u(w)pna
86sing*kawt
87sit*tastu
88sit*yuː
89sky*yank
90sleep, lie*way
91smell*h-
92snake*(t)kaː
93snow*-uː(p)paː(y)k
94split*plVk
95stand*taːp
96stone*taː
97straight*yalk
98suck-
99sun*pyan
100swell*kuːf
101swim*kʷay(n)
102tail*tkuː
103they*k(ʷ)i(n)nVk
104thick*fip
105thin*kliʔk
106think*m- -t
107this*kʷus(a)
108this*haːs(a)
109thou*maː(ha)
110three*psin
111throw*kawi
112tie*takt
113tongue-
114tooth*ti
115tree*watVk
116two*kaːmi
117walk*ʔiːti
118wash*kaw(a)ɫ
119wash*cawC
120water*pk(y)aː
121we*stuː
122what*ʔa(k)kaː
123white*maw
124wind*-iːʈwa
125wing*wa(ː)n
126ye*mV(t)tiː
127year*miːcwa

References

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Further reading

  • Campbell, Lyle. (1997). American Indian languages: The historical linguistics of Native America. New York: Oxford University Press. {{ISBN|0-19-509427-1}}.
  • Goddard, Ives (Ed.). (1996). Languages. Handbook of North American Indians (W. C. Sturtevant, General Ed.) (Vol. 17). Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution. {{ISBN|0-16-048774-9}}.
  • {{cite book|last1=Jacobs|first1=Melville|title=Kalapuya Texts|date=1945|publisher=University of Washington|series=University of Washington Publications in Anthropology|volume=11|location=Seattle}}
  • Paul Stephen McCartney Sr. "The Kalapuya Dictionary", 2021 Komemma Cultural Protection Association, Yoncalla, Oregon. Published in four volumes; (2 English-Kalapuya; 2 Kalapuya- English) www.gofundme.com f help-us-print-the-kalapuya-dictionary.
  • Mithun, Marianne. (1999). The languages of Native North America. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. {{ISBN|0-521-23228-7}} (hbk); {{ISBN|0-521-29875-X}}.
  • Sturtevant, William C. (Ed.). (1978–present). Handbook of North American Indians (Vol. 1-20). Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution. (Vols. 1–3, 16, 18-20 not yet published).