Umatilla language

Umatilla language

Infobox Language
name = Umatilla
states = United States
region = Oregon, Washington
speakers = 50 (1977)
iso3 = uma
familycolor = American
fam1 = Penutian
fam2 = Plateau-Penutian
fam3 = Sahaptian
fam4 = Sahaptin
fam5 = Southern Sahaptin

Umatilla is a variety of Southern Sahaptin, part of the Sahaptian subfamily of the Plateau Penutian group. It was spoken during late aboriginal times along the Columbia River and is therefore also called Columbia River Sahaptin. It is currently spoken as a first language by a few dozen elders and some adults in the Umatilla Reservation in Oregon. Some sources say that "Umatilla" is derived from "imatilám-hlama": "hlama" means 'those living at' or 'people of' and there is an ongoing debate about the meaning of "imatilám", but it is said to be an island in the Columbia River. B. Rigsby and N. Rude mention the village of "ímatalam" that was situated at the mouth of the Umatilla River and where the language was spoken.

Phonology

Rigsby and Rude use a technical alphabet based upon the Americanist phonetic notation to transcribe Umatilla, though other practical orthographies also exist.

Vowels

ee also

* Sahaptian languages
* Sahaptin people
* Umatilla (tribe)

External links

* http://www.wisdomoftheelders.org/prog305/transcript_sn.htm;
* http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=uma;
* http://www.trailtribes.org/umatilla/language.htm

References

Rigsby, B. and Rude, N. 1996. Sketch of Sahaptin, a Sahaptian language. Handbook of North American Indians. Vol. 17, Languages: 666-692. Smithsonian Institute Washington D.C.; ISBN 0160487749


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