In 2005, the Northwest Indian Language Institute at the University of Oregon formed a partnership to teach Northern Paiute and Kiksht in schools on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation. In 2013,
Washoe County, Nevada became the first school district in Nevada to offer Northern Paiute classes, offering an elective Northern Paiute course at Spanish Springs High School. Classes have also been taught at Reed High School in
Sparks, Nevada. Elder Ralph Burns of the
Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation worked with
University of Nevada, Reno linguist Catherine Fowler to help develop a spelling system. The alphabet uses 19 letters. They have also developed a language-learning book, “Numa Yadooape,” and a series of computer disks of language lessons. ==Phonology==