Southern Numic

E16345

Uto-Aztecan language branch branch of Numic languages language subgroup

Southern Numic is a branch of the Numic group of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken in parts of the southwestern United States.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Uto-Aztecan language branch → branch of Numic languages → language subgroup →
classificationStatus	generally accepted subgroup within Numic →
endangeredStatus	many member languages endangered → some member languages severely endangered →
fieldOfStudy	Uto-Aztecan linguistics →
hasAlternativeName	Southern Numic branch →
hasAncestor	Proto-Numic → Proto-Uto-Aztecan →
hasISO639_5Code	azc-num-sou →
hasMorphologicalFeature	complex verbal morphology → productive derivational morphology →
hasNotableResearcher	Lyle Campbell → Marianne Mithun → Wick R. Miller →
hasPart	Chemehuevi → Colorado River Numic → Kawaiisu → Southern Paiute → Ute → Ute-Chemehuevi →
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive vowel length in many varieties → rich consonant inventory in many varieties →
hasSyntacticFeature	relatively free word order → tendency toward SOV order →
languageBranch	Numic →
languageFamily	Uto-Aztecan →
partOf	Numic branch of Uto-Aztecan →
region	Colorado River region → Great Basin →
spokenIn	Arizona → California → Colorado → Nevada → Southwestern United States → United States → Utah →
studiedBy	linguistics →
subclassOf	Numic → Uto-Aztecan languages →
typology	agglutinative language → head-marking language →
usedBy	Chemehuevi people → Kawaiisu people → Southern Paiute people → Ute people →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Proto-Numic ("Southern Numic languages") →	ancestorOf
Chemehuevi language →	branch
Chemehuevi language ("Southern Paiute language") →	closelyRelatedTo
Numic →	hasSubdivision
Numic branch of Uto-Aztecan →	hasSubgroup
Chemehuevi people →	linguisticBranch
Southern Paiute people ("Southern Paiute language") →	speaks
Edward Sapir ("Southern Paiute language") →	studied
Chemehuevi language →	subfamily
Ute language →	subgroup