Southern Paiute language
E307665
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.
All labels observed (8)
Statements (47)
| 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
|
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ute language
subject surface form:
Southern Numic languages
subject surface form:
Kawaiisu language
this entity surface form:
Mukuntuweap (a Paiute term associated with the area)
this entity surface form:
Kaibab Paiute dialect
this entity surface form:
Shivwits Paiute dialect
this entity surface form:
Cedar City Paiute dialect
this entity surface form:
Las Vegas Paiute dialect
this entity surface form:
Moapa Paiute dialect
this entity surface form:
San Juan Southern Paiute dialect