Timothy Montler

Timothy Montler is an American academic and linguist. Montler is a professor of linguistics at the University of North Texas, as of 2013.^[1][2] He has worked to preserve the Klallam language since 1990.^[3]

Montler collaborated with Adeline Smith, a Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe elder, to create the first Klallam language alphabet.^[1] He and Smith also composed the world's first Klallam language dictionary, which was published in December 2012 by the University of Washington Press.^[1][2] Montler and Smith had collaborated on the Klallam lexicon throughout the 1990s, 2000–02, and early 2010s.^[2] Adeline Smith added 12,000 words and phrases, the largest single contribution to the dictionary.^[1][2] Montler also worked closely with other Native Klallam speakers, including Hazel Sampson, Ed Sampson, and Bea Charles.^[3]

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Rice, Arwyn (19 March 2013). "Lower Elwha tribal elder Adeline Smith, 95, dies". Peninsula Daily News. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Mapes, Lynda V. (21 March 2013). "Elwha elder Adeline Smith, cultural leader, dies at 95". Seattle Times. Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
3. ^ ^{a b} Rice, Arwyn (6 February 2014). "Eldest member among Klallam tribes, last native speaker of language dies in Port Angeles at 103". Peninsula Daily News. Retrieved 5 March 2014.

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