Hupa (
native name:
Na:tinixwe Mixine:whe, lit. "language of the Hoopa Valley people") is an
Athabaskan language (of
Na-Dené stock) spoken along the lower course of the Trinity river in Northwest California by the
Hupa (
Na:tinixwe), and before European contact by the
Chilula and
Whilkut peoples to the west.