Tututni language

Tututni (Dotodəni; alternatively Tutudin),^[4] also known as Upper Coquille, (Lower) Rogue River and Nuu-wee-ya,^[5] is an Athabaskan language spoken by three Lower Rogue River Athabaskan tribes: the Tututni tribe (including the Euchre Creek band), the Coquille tribe, and the Chasta Costa tribe, who are part of the Rogue River Indians of southwestern Oregon. In 2006 students at Linfield College participated in a project to "revitalize the language".^[2] It is one of the four languages belonging to the Oregon Athabaskan cluster of the Pacific Coast Athabaskan languages.

NativetoOregon

EthnicityCoquille, Tututni, Chasta Costa

Extinct1983^[1]
3 (2006)^[2]

Revival12 (2006)^[2]

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Tututni
Tutudin, Coquille, (Lower) Rogue River
Dotodəni
Native to	Oregon
Ethnicity	Coquille, Tututni, Chasta Costa
Extinct	1983[1] 3 (2006)[2]
Revival	12 (2006)[2]
Language family	Na-Dené Athabaskan Pacific Coast Athabaskan Oregon Athabaskan Tututni
Dialects	Coquille Tututni Euchre Creek Chasta Costa Mikwanutni Sixes Pistol River
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: tuu – Tututni coq – Coquille
Glottolog	tutu1242  Tututni coqu1236  Coquille
Tututni is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. [3]

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Dialects were Coquille (Upper Coquille, Mishikhwutmetunee), spoken along the upper Coquille River;^[1] Tututni (Tututunne, Naltunnetunne, Mikonotunne, Kwatami, Chemetunne, Chetleshin, Khwaishtunnetunnne); Euchre Creek, and Chasta Costa (Illinois River, Šista Qʼʷə́sta).