Numic

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Numic is a branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family comprising several closely related Indigenous languages spoken in the Great Basin and surrounding regions of the western United States.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Central Numic 0
Southern Numic 0
Western Numic 0

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of Uto-Aztecan languages
language group
associatedWith Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
surface form: Great Basin Indigenous peoples
glottologCode nort2950 (for the family branch as a whole)
hasFeature case-marking on nouns
consonant length contrast
rich verbal morphology
vowel length contrast
hasLanguage Comanche
Kawaiisu
Mono
Northern Paiute
Shoshoni
Southern Paiute people
surface form: Southern Paiute

Timbiša
Ute people
surface form: Ute
hasSubdivision Central Numic
Southern Numic
Western Numic
includesLanguage Comanche
Kawaiisu
Mono
Northern Paiute language
surface form: Northern Paiute

Shoshoni
Southern Paiute people
surface form: Southern Paiute

Timbiša
Ute people
surface form: Ute
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan
memberOf Numic self-linksurface differs
Numic self-linksurface differs
Numic self-linksurface differs
partOf Uto-Aztecan
surface form: Uto-Aztecan language family
region western United States
spokenIn Arizona
California, United States
surface form: California

Great Basin
Idaho
Nevada
Oregon
United States of America
surface form: United States

Utah
Wyoming
status endangered language group
subclassOf Uto-Aztecan
surface form: Uto-Aztecan languages
typology agglutinative language
usedBy Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
wordOrder SOV-dominant
writingSystem Latin script

Referenced by (12)

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

Proto-Numic branch Numic
Ute language branch Numic
ute branchOf Numic
subject surface form: Ute language
Uto-Aztecan hasSubfamily Numic
Shoshoni languageBranch Numic
Numic memberOf Numic self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Central Numic
Numic memberOf Numic self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Southern Numic
Numic memberOf Numic self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Western Numic
Southern Numic subclassOf Numic