Southern Numic

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

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Southern Numic canonical 10
Southern Numic languages 5
Southern Paiute language 3

Statements (48)

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 people
surface form: Southern Paiute

Ute people
surface form: Ute

Chemehuevi
surface form: 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 Lower Colorado River region
surface form: Colorado River region

Great Basin
spokenIn Arizona
California, United States
surface form: California

Colorado
Nevada
southwestern United States
surface form: Southwestern United States

United States of America
surface form: United States

Utah
studiedBy linguistics
subclassOf Numic
Uto-Aztecan
surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
typology agglutinative language
head-marking language
usedBy Chemehuevi people
Kawaiisu people
Southern Paiute people
Ute people
writingSystem Latin script

Referenced by (19)

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

Chemehuevi people subfamily Southern Numic
subject surface form: Chemehuevi language
Chemehuevi people linguisticBranch Southern Numic
Chemehuevi language branch Southern Numic
Chemehuevi language closelyRelatedTo Southern Numic
this entity surface form: Southern Paiute language
Southern Paiute people speaks Southern Numic
this entity surface form: Southern Paiute language
Edward Sapir studied Southern Numic
this entity surface form: Southern Paiute language
Numic hasSubdivision Southern Numic
Ute language subgroup Southern Numic
Proto-Numic ancestorOf Southern Numic
this entity surface form: Southern Numic languages
Numic languages hasSubdivision Southern Numic
this entity surface form: Southern Numic languages
Kawaiisu language subfamilyOf Southern Numic
this entity surface form: Southern Numic languages
Numic peoples hasPart Southern Numic
this entity surface form: Southern Numic peoples
Wick R. Miller fieldOfWork Southern Numic
this entity surface form: Southern Numic languages
Southern Paiute language subgroup Southern Numic
Uncompahgre Ute languageSubbranch Southern Numic
this entity surface form: Southern Numic languages
Central Numic isRelatedTo Southern Numic
Western Numic isSisterBranchOf Southern Numic