Yakama Language and the Yakama (Yakima) Indian Tribe (Sahaptin, Klickitat, Klikitat, Qwu'lh-hwai-pum) (original) (raw)

Our Yakama Language Materials

Yakama Vocabulary
Our list of vocabulary words in the Yakama language, with comparison to words in other Penutian languages.
Sahaptin Dictionary
Glossary of Yakama Sahaptin nouns from Virginia Beavert's 1975 dictionary.

Yakama Language Lessons and Linguistic Descriptions

Grammar and Dictionary of the Yakima Language:
Scanned-in Yakama Indian language materials from the Rosetta Project.
A Healthy Sign for the Yakima Language
Article on language preservation efforts among the Yakima Indians.
Klikitat Prayers * Yakima Prayer * Language Museum: Yakima:
Klickitat and Yakama translations of the Lord's Prayer and other Christian prayers.
Northwest Sahaptin
Linguistics texts on the Northwest Sahaptin dialects (including Yakama).
House of Languages: Sahaptin:
Information about Sahaptin language usage (including Yakima and Klikitat.)
Ethnologue: Yakima:
Demographic information about the Yakama language.
Sahaptian Language Tree * Klikitat Language Tree * Yakima Language Tree:
Kittitas Language Tree * Upper Nisqually Language Tree: * Upper Cowlitz Language Tree:
Theories about Northwestern Sahaptin language relationships compiled by Linguist List.
Northern Sahaptin Language Structures:
Yakima/Walla Walla linguistic profile and academic bibliography.
*Northwestern Vocabularies:
Early 20th-century wordlists of Yakima, Klickitat, and Kutenai.

Lenguas Sahaptin (Yakima, Walla Walla, Nez Perce):
Information about the Yakama language in Spanish.
Yakamas * The Yakima Indians:
Yakama links.
Yakama Tribe:
Yakama Indian books.

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