Central Numic

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Uto-Aztecan language group branch of Numic languages language subgroup

Central Numic is a branch of the Numic subgroup of Uto-Aztecan languages, comprising several closely related Indigenous languages spoken in parts of the western United States.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Central Numic canonical 6
Central Numic languages 5
Central Numic peoples 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Uto-Aztecan language group ⓘ
branch of Numic languages ⓘ
language subgroup ⓘ
classificationStatus well-established subgroup within Numic ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
endangermentStatus many member languages are endangered ⓘ
geographicDistribution interior West of North America ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Central Numic branch ⓘ
Central Numic ⓘ
surface form: Central Numic subgroup
hasLinguisticFeature SOV basic word order ⓘ
agglutinative morphology ⓘ
case-marking by suffixes ⓘ
rich consonant inventory ⓘ
verb-centered morphology ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
hasMember Comanche language ⓘ
Shoshoni language ⓘ
Timbisha language ⓘ
hasReconstruction Proto-Central Numic ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script (for modern documentation) ⓘ
isRelatedTo Northern Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
Southern Numic ⓘ
Western Numic ⓘ
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
partOf Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
surface form: Uto-Aztecan language family
sharesInnovationWith Central Numic consonant shifts ⓘ
Central Numic vowel developments ⓘ
spokenBy Comanche ⓘ
surface form: Comanche people

Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin ⓘ
Shoshone people ⓘ
Shoshone people ⓘ
surface form: Timbisha Shoshone people
spokenIn Arizona ⓘ
California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Great Basin ⓘ
surface form: Great Basin region

Idaho ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Oregon ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Utah ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
western United States ⓘ
studiedInField Uto-Aztecan linguistics ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ
subdivisionOf Numic branch of Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
subgroupOf Numic ⓘ
usedFor ceremonial speech ⓘ
everyday communication in some communities ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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

Numic → hasSubdivision → Central Numic ⓘ
Proto-Numic → ancestorOf → Central Numic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Numic languages
Numic branch of Uto-Aztecan → hasSubgroup → Central Numic ⓘ
Numic languages → hasSubdivision → Central Numic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Numic languages
Colorado River Numic → closelyRelatedTo → Central Numic ⓘ
Numic peoples → hasPart → Central Numic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Numic peoples
Comanche language → branch → Central Numic ⓘ
Central Numic → hasAlternativeName → Central Numic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Numic subgroup
Western Numic → isSisterBranchOf → Central Numic ⓘ
Timbiša → languageSubbranch → Central Numic ⓘ
Shoshoni language → isPartOf → Central Numic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Numic languages
Panamint (Koso) language → subgroupOf → Central Numic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Numic languages
Gosiute → languageSubbranch → Central Numic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Central Numic languages