Cayuse language
The Cayuse language (Cailloux, Willetpoos) is an extinct unclassified language formerly spoken by the Cayuse Native American tribe in the U.S. state of Oregon. The Cayuse name for themselves was Liksiyu (see Aoki 1998).
| Cayuse | |
|---|---|
Pre-contact distribution of the Cayuse language | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | Oregon |
| Ethnicity | Cayuse |
| Extinct | 1930s |
Unclassified | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | xcy |
xcy | |
| Glottolog | cayu1241 |
Cayuse is an extinct language according to the classification system of the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
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