Southern Paiute language

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Southern Paiute language is a Uto-Aztecan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Southern Paiute people of the southwestern United States, particularly in parts of Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous language of North America
Native American language
Uto-Aztecan language
basicWordOrder SOV
closelyRelatedTo Chemehuevi language
Ute language
culturalSignificance key marker of Southern Paiute identity
endangeredStatus definitely endangered
ethnicGroup Southern Paiute people
family Uto-Aztecan
surface form: Uto-Aztecan language family
hasAlternativeName Ute-Southern Paiute continuum
surface form: Southern Paiute-Ute

Ute-Southern Paiute continuum
surface form: Ute Southern Paiute language

Ute-Southern Paiute continuum
surface form: Ute-Southern Paiute
hasDialect Southern Paiute language self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cedar City Paiute dialect

Southern Paiute language self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kaibab Paiute dialect

Southern Paiute language self-linksurface differs
surface form: Las Vegas Paiute dialect

Southern Paiute language self-linksurface differs
surface form: Moapa Paiute dialect

Southern Paiute language self-linksurface differs
surface form: San Juan Southern Paiute dialect

Southern Paiute language self-linksurface differs
surface form: Shivwits Paiute dialect
hasEducationalUse tribal language programs in schools
hasLanguageRevitalizationEffort community-based language classes
documentation and dictionary projects
hasLinguisticFeature complex verb morphology
productive derivational morphology
use of enclitics
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
rich consonant inventory including glottalized consonants
hasSpeakerTrend declining number of fluent speakers
ISO639-3 ute
isPartOfContinuumWith Ute-Chemehuevi dialect continuum
languageCodeType ISO 639-3
languageFamilyHigher Northern Uto-Aztecan
morphologicalType agglutinative language
recognizedBy UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
region southwestern United States
surface form: Southwestern United States
spokenIn Arizona
California, United States
surface form: California

Nevada
United States of America
surface form: United States

Utah
subfamily Numic branch
subgroup Southern Numic
usedBy Southern Paiute people
surface form: Southern Paiute tribal communities
usedIn ceremonial contexts
songs and storytelling
traditional oral narratives
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Paiute language Southern Paiute language
ute closelyRelatedTo Southern Paiute language
subject surface form: Ute language
Ute language closelyRelatedTo Southern Paiute language
Northern Uto-Aztecan containsLanguage Southern Paiute language
Proto-Numic ancestorOf Southern Paiute language
Numic branch of Uto-Aztecan hasLanguage Southern Paiute language
Numic languages includes Southern Paiute language
subject surface form: Southern Numic languages
Colorado River Numic hasMember Southern Paiute language
San Juan Southern Paiute speaks Southern Paiute language
Kawaiisu closelyRelatedTo Southern Paiute language
subject surface form: Kawaiisu language
Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah traditionalLanguage Southern Paiute language
Las Vegas Paiute Tribe traditionalLanguage Southern Paiute language
Moapa Band of Paiute Indians language Southern Paiute language
Cedar Band of Paiutes traditionalLanguage Southern Paiute language
Cedar Band of Paiutes nativeNameLanguage Southern Paiute language
Nuwu usesLanguage Southern Paiute language
Shivwits Band of Paiutes traditionalLanguage Southern Paiute language
Mukuntuweap National Monument namedAfter Southern Paiute language
this entity surface form: Mukuntuweap (a Paiute term associated with the area)
Wick R. Miller studied Southern Paiute language
Southern Paiute language hasDialect Southern Paiute language self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kaibab Paiute dialect
Southern Paiute language hasDialect Southern Paiute language self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Shivwits Paiute dialect
Southern Paiute language hasDialect Southern Paiute language self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cedar City Paiute dialect
Southern Paiute language hasDialect Southern Paiute language self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Las Vegas Paiute dialect
Southern Paiute language hasDialect Southern Paiute language self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Moapa Paiute dialect
Southern Paiute language hasDialect Southern Paiute language self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: San Juan Southern Paiute dialect
Ute-Southern Paiute continuum hasPart Southern Paiute language
Great Basin linguistic area hasLanguage Southern Paiute language