Sahaptin

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• Sahaptin — may refer to:*The Sahaptin language complex, a complex of languages within the Sahaptian language subfamily*Sahaptin people, an Indian people of a large territory along the Columbia river and its tributaries in Oregon, Washington, and northern… …   Wikipedia

• Sahaptin — [sä hap′tən] n. [< Salish name for the Nez Percé ] 1. Sahaptins or Sahaptin a member of any of several North American Indian groups living along the Columbia River in Washington and Oregon 2. the language of these groups …   English World dictionary

• Sahaptin — Sahaptin, auch Nezpercés genannt, nordamerikan. Indianerstamm, der mit den sprachverwandten Wallawalla und Kliketat das Gebiet des mittlern und obern Columbiaflusses bewohnte und den Handel von der Küste nach dem Innern vermittelte. Gegenwärtig… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

• Sahaptin —   [sə hæptɪn, englisch], Gruppe sprachverwandter nordamerikanischer Indianer in Idaho, Oregon und Washington, USA. Bekannteste Stämme sind die Yakima (einschließlich Klikitat), Warm Springs (Tenino u. a.), Wallawalla, Umatilla, Palouse und Nez… …   Universal-Lexikon

• Sahaptin — /sah hap teuhn/, n., pl. Sahaptins, (esp. collectively) Sahaptin for 1, adj. n. 1. a member of an American Indian people of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. 2. a language used by several American Indian tribes, including the Nez Percés, of the… …   Universalium

• Sahaptin — noun Etymology: Salish (Columbia River dialects) sḥáptnəχw Nez Percé Date: 1836 a language spoken in a number of dialects by American Indian peoples (as the Yakama) of the interior of northern Oregon and southern Washington; also a member of a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Sahaptin — Sa•hap•tin [[t]səˈhæp tən[/t]] n. pl. tins, (esp. collectively) tin 1) peo a member of any of a group of American Indian peoples of the Columbia River plateau in Washington and Oregon 2) peo the speech of these people, often regarded as divergent …   From formal English to slang

• 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.The… …   Wikipedia

• Sahaptin Indians — • A prominent tribe formerly holding a considerable territory in Western Idaho and adjacent portions of Oregon and Washington Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sahaptin Indians     Sahaptin Indians …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Sahaptin people — The Sahaptin people are a Native American people that inhabited territory along the Columbia River. The Nez Perce tribe is one of the major Sahaptin groups.TerritoryThe prominent Sahaptin tribe formerly held a considerable territory in western… …   Wikipedia