Editing Sahaptian languages (section)

==Proto-language==<!---[[Proto-Sahaptian]] redirects here--->
{{Infobox proto-language
| name             = Proto-Sahaptian 
| familycolor      = penutian
| ancestor         = 
| target          = Sahaptian languages
}}

Work on Proto-Sahaptian reconstruction has been undertaken by Aoki (1962) and Noel Rude (2006,<ref name="Rude-2006">Rude, Noel. 2006. [https://lingpapers.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2018/02/Rude_2006.pdf Proto-Sahaptian vocalism]. In ''Papers for the 41st International Conference on Salish and neighbouring languages'', 264-277. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press.</ref> 2012<ref name="Rude-2012">Rude, Noel. 2012. [https://lingpapers.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2018/01/2012_Rude.pdf Reconstructing Proto-Sahaptian Sounds].  In ''Papers for the 47th International Conference on Salish and neighbouring languages'', 292-324. Working Papers in Linguistics (UBCWPL). Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press.</ref>).

Proto-Sahaptian consonants:<ref name="Rude-2012"/>{{rp|306}}<!---Please do not reorder or retranscribe. This table follows the source, which presents the reconstructed phonemes in a family specific structure, and in a notation commonly used for Native American languages--->
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! colspan=2 rowspan=2| !! rowspan=2| [[Bilabial consonant|Bilabial]] !! colspan=3| [[Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]] !! rowspan=2| [[Postalveolar consonant|Post-<br/>alveolar]] !! colspan=2| [[Velar consonant|Velar]] !! colspan=2| [[Uvular consonant|Uvular]] !! rowspan=2| [[Glottal consonant|Glottal]]
|-
! <small>plain</small> !! <small>lateral</small> !! <small>central</small> !! <small>plain</small> !! <small>labialized</small> !! <small>plain</small> !! <small>labialized</small>
|-
! colspan=2| [[Stop consonant|Stop]]/[[Affricate consonant|Affricate]]
| p || t || t͡ɬ || t͡s || t͡ʃ || k || kʷ || q || qʷ || ʔ
|-
! colspan=2| [[Ejective consonant|Ejective]]
| p’ || t’ || t͡ɬʼ || t͡sʼ || t͡ʃʼ || kʼ || kʷʼ || qʼ || qʷʼ ||
|-
! colspan=2| [[Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
|  ||  || ɬ || s || ʃ || x || xʷ || χ || χʷ  || h
|-
! rowspan=2| [[Sonorant]] !! plain
| m || n || l ||  || j || || w ||  ||  || 
|-
! [[Glottalization|glottalized]]
| mˀ || nˀ || lˀ || || jˀ || || wˀ || ||  || 
|}

Proto-Sahaptian vowels:<ref name="Rude-2012"/>{{rp|293}}
:{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!  !! front !! central !! back
|-
! high
| i || ɨ || u
|-
! mid
|  ||  || o
|-
! low
| æ ||  || ɑ
|}