Northern Kalapuyan is an extinct Kalapuyan language indigenous to northwestern Oregon in the United States . It was spoken by Kalapuya groups in the northern Willamette Valley southwest of present-day Portland .

Three distinct dialects of the language have been identified. The Tualatin dialect (Tfalati, Atfalati) was spoken along the Tualatin River . The Yamhill (Yamhala) dialect was spoken along the Yamhill River . The language is closely related to Central Kalapuya , spoken by related groups in the central and southern Willamette Valley.

The terminal speaker of Northern Kalapuya was Louis Kenoyer who died in 1937. ^[1]

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