SINCE 1828
Sahaptin
noun
Sa·hap·tin
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Definition of Sahaptin
: a language spoken in a number of dialects by American Indian peoples (such as the Yakama) of the interior of northern Oregon and southern Washington
also
: a member of a Sahaptin-speaking people
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