Tututni

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A language of United States

ISO 639-3
tuu
Alternate Names
Lower Rogue River
User Population

3 (2017).

Location

Oregon: southwest.

Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct). Language of registered tribe: Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation.

Classification
Eyak-Athabaskan, Athabaskan, Pacific Coast Athabaskan, Oregon Athabaskan, Tututni-Chasta Costa-Coquille
Dialects

Upper Coquille (Coquille, Flores Creek), Tututni, Euchre Creek, Chasta Costa (Shasta Costa).

Language Use

Most shifted to English [eng].

Language Development

Grammar.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Tututni
Other Comments

Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Reservation adopted Deene, a standardized form of Oregon Athabaskan based on Tolowa [tol] rather than Tututni, as the heritage language of the group (Golla 2007).