The Yakima practical alphabet is an orthography used to write Sahaptin languages of the Pacific Northwest of North America. History The Yakima practical alphabet is based on the Americanist phonetic notation as well as the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Uses The Yakima practical alphabet is currently used in research, language teaching, and language revitalization efforts. According to Jansen (2010), Sahaptian languages Comparison with other orthographies References Sahaptian languages Native American language revitalization Orthography Alphabets