Editing Sahaptian languages (section)

{{Short description|Plateau Penutian language branch of US}}
{{Infobox language family
| name          = Sahaptian
| altname       = 
| region        = [[Pacific Northwest]]
| familycolor   = penutian
| fam1          = [[Penutian languages|Penutian]]?
| fam2          = [[Plateau Penutian languages|Plateau Penutian]]
| glotto        = saha1239
| glottorefname = Sahaptian
| child1        = ''[[Nez Perce language|Nez Perce]]''
| child2        = ''[[Sahaptin language|Sahaptin]]''
| mapcaption    = Sahaptian among Plateau Penutian languages
| map           = Plateau Penutian labeled cropped.svg
}}

'''Sahaptian''' (also '''Sahaptianic''', '''Sahaptin''', '''Shahaptian''') is a two-language branch of the hypothetical [[Plateau Penutian]] family spoken by [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] peoples in the [[Columbia Plateau]] region of [[Washington (state)|Washington]], [[Oregon]], and [[Idaho]] in the northwestern [[United States]].

The terms ''Sahaptian'' (the family) and ''Sahaptin'' (the language) have often been confused and used interchangeably in the literature.