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Nez Perce language

Nez Perce (ISO 639-3 code nez) is a language of the Sahaptian family spoken in United States. It has about 50 speakers. The Endangered Languages Project lists it as critically endangered.

Facts

ISO 639-3 codenez
Glottocodenezp1238
FamilySahaptian
AreaNorth America
CountriesUnited States
Speakers (estimate)50
EndangermentCritically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Related languages

Other Sahaptian languages, nearest first.

More about Nez Perce

Classification, area and countries: Glottolog (CC BY 4.0). Endangerment status and speaker estimate: Endangered Languages Project. Speaker numbers are estimates and differ between sources.