Annual summer school, with classes on Native language teaching strategies, language documentation
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Dialects & Varieties
- Southern Sahaptin (or “River”) varieties
- Northwest Sahaptin varieties
- Northeast Sahaptin varieties
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th Edition (2013)
Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.), 2013. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 17th edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.
Endangered
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
125?
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
USA, Oregon, Washington
Location Description
Tenino [tqn]: Oregon, Warm Springs Reservation.
Umatilla [uma]: Northeast Oregon; Umatilla Reservation.
Walla Walla [waa]: Oregon, Umatilla Reservation.
Yakama [yak]: South central Washington State, Yakima Reservation, Toppenish.
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Other Languages Used By The Community
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Writing Systems
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Recent Resources
Language Revitalization, Education, and Learning
Language Documentation, Research, and Archiving
Language in Society
The wikipedia page for the Sahaptin language. Very rich in references and external links