SAHAPTIN LANGUAGE

'Sahaptin' (also 'Shahaptin') is a Plateau Penutian language of the Sahaptian sub-family spoken in a section of the northwestern plateau along the Columbia River and its tributaries in southern Washington, northern Oregon, and southwestern Idaho.

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See also

★ Sahaptian languages

★ Sahaptin people

★ Walla Walla (tribe)

★ Cayuse

★ Umatilla (tribe)

★ Palus (tribe)

References

★ Mithun, Marianne. (1999). ''The languages of Native North America''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-23228-7 (hbk); ISBN 0-521-29875-X.