• Sahaptian (also Sahaptianic, Sahaptin, Shahaptian) is a two-language branch of the Plateau Penutian family spoken by Native American peoples in the Columbia...
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    Sahaptian languages (Nez Percé and Sahaptin). The name Penutian is based on the words meaning "two" in the Wintuan, Maiduan, and Yokutsan languages (which...
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    Penutian consists of four languages: Plateau Penutian Klamath (a.k.a. Klamath-Modoc, Lutuami, Lutuamian) † Molala † Sahaptian Nez Percé Sahaptin Plateau...
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  • Sahaptin or Shahaptin, endonym Ichishkin, is one of the two-language Sahaptian branch of the Plateau Penutian family spoken in a section of the northwestern...
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    (alternatively spelled nimiipuutímt, niimiipuutímt, or niimi'ipuutímt), is a Sahaptian language related to the several dialects of Sahaptin (note the spellings -ian...
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    languages, with the exception of the Nez Perce and Palus, who speak Sahaptian languages. Before the influx of British and Americans in the mid-1850s, the...
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    shared with Tsimshianic, Chinookan and Sahaptian languages, as well as Kutenai, a language isolate. These languages are well known for their complex phonetic...
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  • Yakima practical alphabet (category Sahaptian languages)
    currently used in research, language teaching, and language revitalization efforts. According to Jansen (2010), Sahaptian languages [do] not have a long written...
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    with other nearby languages, which now have only one or two lateral consonants. One such language group contains the Sahaptian languages, which have had...
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  • Imatalamłaamí Sɨ́nwit) is a variety of Southern Sahaptin, part of the Sahaptian subfamily of the Plateau Penutian group. It was spoken during late aboriginal...
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