Last living L1 speaker

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Last living L1 speaker

William Hanna, Mon, 2022-03-07 05:43
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ISO 639-3: 
kyl

This article says that the last L1 speaker died in 1971.

https://www.opb.org/article/2022/03/06/linguists-oregon-family-work-toge...

Editorial Action

We will update the information on the year the last L1 speaker died (1971) for Kalapuya [kyl] in the United States, for inclusion in the next edition of the Ethnologue.

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Chuck Fennig, Tue, 2022-03-08 13:21

Dear William,

Thanks for this information on the last speaker of Kalapuya [kyl] in Oregon.

We will update the information in the Ethnologue on the last speaker of this language.

Blessings,

Chuck Fennig
Managing Editor, Ethnologue

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