Penutian languages
Penutian is a language family in America. It occurs mainly in the western United States. It belongs to the indigenous American languages .
The ISO 639-2 code is nai.
In a narrower sense than Penutian languages different languages of California ( Miwok, Wintu, Yokuts, Maidu ) are summarized. The term is credited for this family, the languages of Oregon and Washington State in the USA ( Cayuse, Coos, Takelma, Klamath, Sahaptin, Yakima, Nez Perce ) and Chinook added.