Sahaptin language
| Sahaptin | |
|---|---|
| Ichiskiin | |
| Yakama: Ichishkíin Umatilla: Čiškíin | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | Washington, Oregon, and Idaho |
| Ethnicity | 10,000 Sahaptins (1977) |
Native speakers | 100–125 (2007) |
Penutian?
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:uma – Umatillawaa – Walla Wallayak – Yakamatqn – Tenino |
qot Sahaptin | |
| Glottolog | saha1240 |
| ELP | Sahaptin |
Sahaptin is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Sahaptin (suh-HAP-tin), also called Ichishkiin (ih-chis-KEEN; Umatilla: Čiškíin, Yakama: Ichishkíin Sɨ́nwit), is one of the two-language Sahaptian branch of the Plateau Penutian family spoken in a section of the northwestern plateau along the Columbia River and its tributaries in southern Washington, northern Oregon, and southwestern Idaho, in the United States; the other language is Nez Perce (Niimi'ipuutímt).
Sahaptin is spoken by various tribes of the Washington Reservations; Yakama, Warm Springs, Umatilla; and also spoken in many smaller communities such as Celilo, Oregon.
The Yakama Nation tribal cultural resources program has been promoting the use of their traditional name of the language, Ichishkíin Sɨ́nwit ('this language'), instead of the Salish-derived name Sahaptin.