Kalmar "Sapir" suna ce da ta dace wacce galibi tana nufin Edward Sapir, masanin ilimin halayyar dan adam kuma masanin harshe dan kasar Amurka wanda ya ba da gudummawa sosai a fagen ilimin harshe da ilimin halittar dan adam a farkon karni na 20.Duk da haka, kalmar "sapir" ita kanta ba ta da ma'anar ƙamus da aka fi sani da ita a matsayin kalma kaɗai. Yana iya zama sunan suna ko kuma a yi amfani da shi a wasu mahallin a matsayin madaidaicin suna, amma ba a saba amfani da shi azaman kalma na yau da kullun a cikin harshen Ingilishi.