Northern Paiute language

E303516

Northern Paiute language is a Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family traditionally spoken by the Northern Paiute people across parts of the western United States, including Nevada, Oregon, California, and Idaho.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Numic language
Uto-Aztecan language
language
belongsToGroup Numic languages
branch Western Numic
closelyRelatedTo Mono language
Panamint language
Shoshoni language
country United States of America
surface form: United States
endangeredStatus definitely endangered
hasAlternativeName Northern Paiute
Nuwu
surface form: Numu

Paviotso
hasDialects Owens Valley Paiute
surface form: California Northern Paiute

Paiute
surface form: Idaho Northern Paiute

Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe
surface form: Nevada Northern Paiute

Northern Paiute
surface form: Oregon Northern Paiute
hasGlottocode nort2963
hasGlottologName Northern Paiute
hasISO6393Code pao
hasMorphologyType polysynthetic tendencies
hasRevitalizationEfforts community language classes
documentation projects
school-based programs
hasSpeakerCommunity Northern Paiute
surface form: Northern Paiute communities in California

Northern Paiute communities in Idaho
Northern Paiute communities in Oregon
Northern Paiute reservations in Nevada
hasWordOrder subject–object–verb
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan
linguisticArea North America
partOfLanguageFamily Uto-Aztecan
surface form: Uto-Aztecan language family
phonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
rich consonant inventory
region Great Basin
spokenIn California, United States
surface form: California

Idaho
Nevada
Oregon
United States of America
surface form: United States
subfamilyOf Numic branch
traditionalLanguageOf Northern Paiute
surface form: Northern Paiute people
typologicalFeature SOV basic word order
agglutinative morphology
usedByEthnicGroup Northern Paiute
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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

Paiute language Northern Paiute language
Numic includesLanguage Northern Paiute language
subject surface form: Western Numic
this entity surface form: Northern Paiute
Northern Uto-Aztecan containsLanguage Northern Paiute language
Washo language neighboringLanguages Northern Paiute language
Proto-Numic ancestorOf Northern Paiute language
Proto-Numic ancestorOf Northern Paiute language
this entity surface form: Owens Valley Paiute language
Numic branch of Uto-Aztecan hasLanguage Northern Paiute language
Shoshoni closelyRelatedTo Northern Paiute language
Mono language closelyRelatedTo Northern Paiute language
Numic languages includes Northern Paiute language
subject surface form: Western Numic languages
Chief Truckee languageSpoken Northern Paiute language
Klamath–Modoc language neighboringLanguage Northern Paiute language
Chief Winnemucca language Northern Paiute language
Owens Valley Paiute traditionalLanguage Northern Paiute language
Northern Paiute language Northern Paiute language
Northern Paiute hasAutonymLanguage Northern Paiute language
Western Numic hasMember Northern Paiute language
Western Numic hasMember Northern Paiute language
this entity surface form: Owens Valley Paiute language
Mono closelyRelatedTo Northern Paiute language
subject surface form: Mono language
Great Basin linguistic area hasLanguage Northern Paiute language