ISO 639-3 · yakyak
Plateau Penutian family
Yakama
Yakama is a language of the Sahaptian branch (Plateau Penutian), spoken in United States. Wikidata describes it as “Native American language”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
yak- Glottocode
yaki1237- Family
- Plateau Penutian
- EGIDS
- 8b Nearly Extinct
- Wikipedia
- 2 language editions
—first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
2levels in the tree
8bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Yakama |
|---|---|
| Also called | Northwest Sahaptin language, Yakama language, Yakima, yak |
Vitality
EGIDS 8b Nearly Extinct8b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelfamily tree
From Plateau Penutian to Yakama
The branches above Yakama, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
where it is spoken
Countries
Also spoken in United States
engEnglishIndo-European · 1.13 bn0 · InternationalspaSpanishIndo-European · 555.6 m1 · NationalfraFrenchIndo-European · 285.4 m0 · InternationalurdUrduunclassified · 162.6 m1 · NationalpanPunjabiunclassified · 125 mSafekorKoreanKoreanic · 73.2 m1 · NationalpusPashtoIndo-European · 50 mSafeazeAzerbaijaniTurkic · 35 mSafeukrUkrainianIndo-European · 34.7 m1 · NationalsylSylhetiIndo-European · 14 m3 · Wider Communication