Tututni language

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Tututni
Coquille
Rogue River
Native to Oregon
Ethnicity Coquille people
Extinct ca. 1975
Language family
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Either:
tuu – Tututni
coq – Coquille

Tututni (Dotodəni), also known as Coquille and (Lower) Rogue River, is an extinct Athabaskan language once spoken by the Coquille people (one of the Rogue River peoples) of southwestern Oregon. Ten speakers remained in 1961. It is one of the four languages belonging to the Oregon Athabaskan cluster of the Pacific Coast Athabaskan languages.

Dialects were Coquille (Upper Coquille, Mishikhwutmetunee), spoken along the upper Coquille River; Tututni (Tututunne, Chemetunne, Chetleshin, Khwaishtunnetunnne); Euchre Creek, and Chasta Costa (Illinois River, Šista Qʼʷə́sta).

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