Tillamook language
| Tillamook | |
|---|---|
| Hutyáyu, Hutyéyu | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | Northwestern Oregon |
| Ethnicity | Tillamook, Siletz |
| Extinct | 1972, with the death of Minnie Scovell |
Salishan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | til |
| Glottolog | till1254 |
Tillamook is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Tillamook is an extinct Salishan language, formerly spoken by the Tillamook people in northwestern Oregon, United States. The last fluent speaker was Minnie Scovell who died in 1972. In an effort to prevent the language from being lost, a group of researchers from the University of Hawaii interviewed the few remaining Tillamook speakers and created a 120-page dictionary.