Timbisha language

E1035003

The Timbisha language is an endangered Uto-Aztecan language traditionally spoken by the Timbisha Shoshone people of the Death Valley region in California and Nevada.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Timbisha language canonical 2
Panamint (Timbisha) dialect 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Uto-Aztecan language
endangered language
language
classificationStatus well-established within Central Numic
closelyRelatedTo Comanche language NERFINISHED
Shoshoni language NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
documentedIn linguistic fieldwork notes and grammars
endangermentStatus severely endangered
ethnicGroup Timbisha Shoshone NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Panamint NERFINISHED
Timbisha Shoshone NERFINISHED
Tümpisa
hasDomain oral tradition
place names in Death Valley region
hasGlottocode timb1256
hasLexicalBorrowingFrom English NERFINISHED
Spanish NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticArea North America NERFINISHED
hasLinguisticTypology head-marking
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
rich consonant inventory
hasSpeakerCommunity Timbisha Shoshone Tribe of Death Valley NERFINISHED
hasStressPattern predictable stress system
hasWordOrder SOV
iso639-3Code par
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan language family NERFINISHED
region Great Basin
Mojave Desert NERFINISHED
revitalizationStatus subject of language revitalization efforts
spokenBy Timbisha Shoshone people NERFINISHED
spokenIn California NERFINISHED
Death Valley NERFINISHED
Nevada NERFINISHED
subfamilyOf Numic languages NERFINISHED
subgroupOf Central Numic NERFINISHED
traditionalTerritory Death Valley National Park NERFINISHED
usedBy elders in the Timbisha Shoshone community
usedFor ceremonial contexts
traditional narratives
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central Numic hasMember Timbisha language
Shoshoni language hasDialect Timbisha language
this entity surface form: Panamint (Timbisha) dialect
Panamint (Koso) language alternateName Timbisha language