Molala language
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The Molala language is an extinct Plateau Penutian language once spoken by the Molala people of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Plateau Penutian language
ⓘ
extinct language ⓘ language ⓘ |
| associatedTribe |
Lower Molala
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Upper Molala NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalRole |
marker of Molala ethnic identity
ⓘ
vehicle of Molala oral tradition ⓘ |
| documentationStatus | poorly documented ⓘ |
| endonymOf | Molala people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Molala people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| extinctionStatus | no known native speakers ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
Cascade Range
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ Willamette Valley region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Molale
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Molalla NERFINISHED ⓘ Molalla Indian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGlottologCode | mola1239 ⓘ |
| hasGlottologName | Molale NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
agglutinative morphology
ⓘ
complex verb morphology ⓘ consonant clusters ⓘ rich system of suffixes ⓘ vowel length contrast ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType | suffixing ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive glottalization
ⓘ
stress accent ⓘ |
| hasWordOrder | tends toward SOV word order ⓘ |
| includedIn | studies of Plateau Penutian comparative linguistics ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | mbe ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Plateau Penutian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Plateau Penutian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticClassificationStatus | sometimes considered an isolate within Plateau Penutian ⓘ |
| neighboringLanguage |
Chinookan languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kalapuya languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Klamath-Modoc language NERFINISHED ⓘ Sahaptin language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | indigenous languages of the Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| region | Pacific Northwest ⓘ |
| spokenBy | Molala people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | extinct ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Penutian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedIn | traditional oral literature of the Molala people ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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