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Name: Molala Type: Language Alternate Names: Molale; Molele; Molalla Once Spoken in: USA Code: mbe Code Standard: ISO 639-3 Documentation: LINGUIST List Families: Penutian, Sahaptian (Shahaptian) Parent Subgroup: Molala (mlla) Brief Description: "Molala was formerly spoken along the western slopes of the Cascades of central Oregon, from the upper Rogue River to the vicinity of Mt. Hood. It is a Plateau (Plateau Penutian) language, distantly related to Klamath and Sahaptian; an earlier classification that linked Molala and Cayuse in the 'Waiilatpuan' family has been abandoned. The Molala were displaced and suffered a severe decline in population after the white occupation of their territory in the mid nineteenth century. The survivors were settled on the Grand Ronde Reservation, where their language and tribal identity was lost. The last speaker died in 1958." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 18

Endangerment Status

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Linguist List Status: Extinct UNESCO Status: Extinct Ethnologue Status: Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Not listed