Frances Johnson

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 (phonemically Kʷìskʷasá:n, possibly derived from kʷìskʷas "chipmunk").