Frances Johnson
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Frances Johnson
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Frances Johnson (1835-1934) was the last living fluent speaker of the Takelma language of Oregon, United States. While living on the Siletz Reservation, during the summer of 1906 she worked for six weeks as language consultant with linguist Edward Sapir to document the language. Sapir gives her Takelma name as Gwísgwashãn. Sapir reports that in 1906, "the number of individuals that can be said to have anything like a fluent speaking knowledge of [Takelma] is quite inconsiderable, barely more tha
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Last fluent speaker of the Takelma language (died 1934)
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