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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Northern Paiute language canonical | 18 |
| Owens Valley Paiute language | 2 |
| Northern Paiute | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2842567 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Northern Paiute language Context triple: [Paiute, language, Northern Paiute language]
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A.
Ute language
The Ute language is a Southern Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family traditionally spoken by the Ute people of the western United States.
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B.
Northern Athabaskan languages
Northern Athabaskan languages are a group of closely related Indigenous languages spoken primarily in northwestern Canada and Alaska, forming a northern branch of the larger Athabaskan language family.
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C.
Southern Paiute people
The Southern Paiute people are a Native American group indigenous to the Great Basin and Colorado River regions of the southwestern United States, known for their Numic language, desert-adapted lifeways, and complex relationships with neighboring tribes and European-American settlers.
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D.
Arapaho language
The Arapaho language is an endangered Algonquian Native American language traditionally spoken by the Arapaho people of the Great Plains, primarily in Wyoming and Oklahoma.
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E.
Pacific Coast Athabaskan
Pacific Coast Athabaskan refers to a group of Athabaskan (Dene) languages traditionally spoken along the Pacific coast of northwestern California and southwestern Oregon.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Northern Paiute language Target entity description: 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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A.
Ute language
The Ute language is a Southern Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family traditionally spoken by the Ute people of the western United States.
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B.
Northern Athabaskan languages
Northern Athabaskan languages are a group of closely related Indigenous languages spoken primarily in northwestern Canada and Alaska, forming a northern branch of the larger Athabaskan language family.
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C.
Southern Paiute people
The Southern Paiute people are a Native American group indigenous to the Great Basin and Colorado River regions of the southwestern United States, known for their Numic language, desert-adapted lifeways, and complex relationships with neighboring tribes and European-American settlers.
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D.
Arapaho language
The Arapaho language is an endangered Algonquian Native American language traditionally spoken by the Arapaho people of the Great Plains, primarily in Wyoming and Oklahoma.
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E.
Pacific Coast Athabaskan
Pacific Coast Athabaskan refers to a group of Athabaskan (Dene) languages traditionally spoken along the Pacific coast of northwestern California and southwestern Oregon.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| 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
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| typologicalFeature |
SOV basic word order
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agglutinative morphology ⓘ |
| usedByEthnicGroup | Northern Paiute ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
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surface form:
Latin script
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Subject: Northern Paiute language Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (21)
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