Oregon Penutian is a hypothetical language family within the Penutian language phylum, comprising languages once spoken by several groups of Native Americans in what is now western Oregon and western Washington in the United States. The languages within the family are divided into dialects that in most cases correspond to the various identified tribal bands of the region.
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Oregon Penutian is a hypothetical language family in the Penutian language phylum comprising languages spoken at one time by several groups of Native Americans in present-day western Oregon and western Washington in the United States.
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