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Nez Perce is a Shahaptian language and is called Shaptin or Nimiipuu (the tribe's name for themselves).

The language is very difficult for English-speaking people to learn because it has many unfamiliar sounds, both consonants and vowels, that are not present in English.

A few words are:

sik'em................horse

ya-ka.................bear

saq'anta.yx...... eagle

palxo.ckin..........owl

naqc..................one

lepit...................two

hama.................man

'ayat..................woman

hisemtuks..........sun

The link below takes you to a video of a man speaking in Nez Perce:

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