Upper Umpqua
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Upper Umpqua is an extinct Athabascan language once spoken along the south fork of the Umpqua River
near the Oregon
coast. It has been extinct for at least fifty years and little is known about it. Some data was collected by Melville Jacobs
. It is called Upper Umpqua to distinguish it from the unrelated Penutian language Lower Umpqua, now also known as Siuslaw
, spoken in the same area. It is classified as one of the Pacific Coast Athabaskan languages.
Umpqua River
The Umpqua River on the Pacific coast of Oregon in the United States is approximately long. One of the principal rivers of the Oregon Coast and known for bass and shad, the river drains an expansive network of valleys in the mountains west of the Cascade Range and south of the Willamette Valley,...
near the Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
coast. It has been extinct for at least fifty years and little is known about it. Some data was collected by Melville Jacobs
Melville Jacobs
Melville Jacobs was an American anthropologist known for his extensive fieldwork on cultures of the Pacific Northwest. He was born in New York City. After studying with Franz Boas he became a member of the faculty of the University of Washington in 1928 and remained until his death in 1971...
. It is called Upper Umpqua to distinguish it from the unrelated Penutian language Lower Umpqua, now also known as Siuslaw
Siuslaw
Siuslaw is the name of a Native American tribe in the U.S. state of Oregon, and can refer to:*Siuslaw people, Native American tribe and the Siuslaw language they spoke*Siuslaw River, a river named for the tribe...
, spoken in the same area. It is classified as one of the Pacific Coast Athabaskan languages.