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The so-called "Plateau tribes" did not all speak the same language:

  • the Kootenai spoke a Kitunahan language perhaps distantly related to Algonquian
  • the Flatheads spoke a Salish language (the most easterly of all Salish tribes)
  • the Pend d'Oreille spoke a Salish language
  • the Shuswap people spoke a Salish language
  • the Lillooet tribe spoke a Salish language
  • the Thompson tribe spoke a Salish language
  • the original Nicola people spoke an Athapaskan language
  • the Okanagan tribe spoke a Salish language
  • the Lakes tribe spoke a Salish language
  • the Colville tribe spoke a Salish language
  • the Kalispel spoke a Salish language
  • the Wenatchee spoke a Salish language
  • the Chelan spoke a Salish language
  • the Sanpoil people spoke a Salish language
  • the Nez Perce people spoke a Shahaptin language
  • the Coeur d'Alene tribe spoke a Salish language
  • the Cayuse people spoke a Penutian language
  • the Umatilla people spoke a Shahaptin language
  • the Walla Walla tribe spoke a Shahaptin language
  • the Palouse people spoke a Shahaptin language
  • the Warm Springs /Tenino spoke a Shahaptin language
  • the Yakima people spoke a Shahaptin language
  • the Wasco people spoke a Chinookan language
  • the Wishram people spoke a Chinookan language
  • the Molala people spoke a Penutian language
  • the Klamath people spoke a Penutian language
  • the Modoc people spoke a Penutian language

Although many of these languages are related they are not always mutually understandable; Yakima Shahaptin is not the same as Nez Perce Shahaptin for example.

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