Cayuse language

Cayuse
Liksiyu
Native toUnited States
RegionOregon
EthnicityCayuse
Extinct1930s[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3xcy
xcy
Glottologcayu1241
Pre-contact distribution of the Cayuse language
Cayuse is classified as Extinct by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger[2]

Cayuse is an extinct language isolate[3] once spoken by the Cayuse people (autonym: Liksiyu[4]) of Oregon.

  1. ^ Cayuse at MultiTree on the Linguist List
  2. ^ UNESCO 2010, p. 11.
  3. ^ Campbell, Lyle (2024-06-25), "North American Indian Languages North of Mexico", The Indigenous Languages of the Americas (1 ed.), Oxford University PressNew York, pp. 28–145, doi:10.1093/oso/9780197673461.003.0002, ISBN 978-0-19-767346-1, retrieved 2025-06-25
  4. ^ Aoki 1998.

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