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Language Relationships on the Columbia Plateau

STOCK	FAMILY	LANGUAGE	DIALECT
Na Dene	Athapaskan	Carrier, Chilcotin
Isolate	- - - ?- - -	Kutenai
Salishan	Interior Salishan	Lillooet
		Thompson
		Shuswap
		Okanagan	Sinkaietk, Sanpoil-Nespelem, Colville, Lakes
		Columbia	Columbia, Wenatchee, Chelan, Methow
		Kalispel	Spokane, Kalispel, Pend Oreille, Flathead
		Couer d'Alene
Penutian ?	Chinookan	Kiksht (Upper Chinook)
	Sahaptian	Sahaptin
		NW Sahaptin	Kittitas, Yakima, Klikitat, Upper Cowlitz
		NE Sahaptin	Walla Walla, Snake river, Palus, Priest Rapids
		Columbia River Sahaptin	Tenino-Tygh, Celilo, Rock Creek, John Day River, Umatilla
		Nez Perce
		Klamath	Klamath, Modoc
	- - - ? - - -	Cayuse
	- - - ? - - -	Molala
Uto-Aztekan	Numic	Northern Paiute

Adapted from Eugene Hunn's Nch'i-Wana, p.62