Editing Sahaptian languages (section)

==Family division==
Sahaptian includes two languages:

:1. '''[[Nez Perce language|Nez Perce]]''' (''Niimi{{hamza}}ipuutímt'')
:2. '''[[Sahaptin language|Sahaptin]]'''

Nez Perce has two principal dialects, Upper and Lower. Sahaptin has somewhat greater internal diversity, with its main dialects being [[Umatilla language|Umatilla]] and [[Yakima|Yakama]].

Noel Rude's (2012) classification of Sahaptian is as follows.<ref name="Rude-2012"/>

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*'''Proto-Sahaptian'''
**[[Nez Perce language|Nez Perce]]
**[[Sahaptin language|Sahaptin]]
***''[[Columbia River]]'' dialect
***''Northern'' dialect
****''Northwest'' dialect
****''Northeast'' dialect
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