Sahaptin

Noun

 * 1) A member of a Native American people who occupied a large territory along the Columbia river in northern Idaho, Oregon and Washington.

Proper noun

 * 1) The language spoken by the Sahaptin people.
 * 2) A family of languages comprising Sahaptin and Nez Perce.
 * 1) A family of languages comprising Sahaptin and Nez Perce.