ute

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Ute is a Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family traditionally spoken by the Ute people of the western United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Numic language
Uto-Aztecan language
indigenous language of North America
branchOf Numic
closelyRelatedTo Chemehuevi language
Southern Paiute language
country United States of America
surface form: "United States"
endangeredStatus definitely endangered
ethnicGroup Ute people
family Uto-Aztecan
surface form: "Uto-Aztecan language family"
glottocode utee1244
hasAlternativeName Ute-Southern Paiute continuum
surface form: "Eastern Numic Ute"

Ute-Southern Paiute continuum
surface form: "Ute-Southern Paiute (for the dialect continuum)"
hasDialect Ute people
surface form: "Northern Ute"

Southern Ute Indian Reservation
surface form: "Southern Ute"

Ute-Southern Paiute continuum
hasGrammaticalFeature switch-reference system in some related varieties
hasLinguisticResearch documented oral texts
grammars and dictionaries compiled by linguists
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length
tone or pitch accent distinctions in some analyses
hasWordOrder flexible word order
ISO639-3 ute
isPartOf Uto-Aztecan
surface form: "Uto-Aztecan language area"
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan
languageOf Southern Ute Indian Reservation
surface form: "Southern Ute Indian Tribe"

Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah and Ouray Reservation
Ute Mountain Ute Reservation
surface form: "Ute Mountain Ute Tribe"
region Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
western United States
revitalizationEffort community language classes
language documentation projects
school-based language programs
spokenBy Ute people
subfamily Numic branch
traditionalTerritory Colorado Plateau
Great Basin
surface form: "Great Basin region"
typicalWordOrder SOV
usedIn ceremonial contexts
songs and chants
traditional oral narratives
writingSystem Latin script

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