Shoshoni

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Native American language Numic language Uto-Aztecan language language

Shoshoni is a Native American language of the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan family, traditionally spoken by the Shoshone people of the western United States.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Shoshone people 4
Eastern Shoshoni 1
Northern Shoshoni 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American language ⓘ
Numic language ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan language ⓘ
language ⓘ
basicWordOrder SOV ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Comanche language ⓘ
Northern Paiute language ⓘ
Panamint (Koso) language ⓘ
surface form: Panamint language
endangeredStatus threatened ⓘ
ethnicGroup Shoshoni self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shoshone people
glottocode shos1248 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Shoshone ⓘ
hasDialect Shoshoni self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Shoshoni

Gosiute ⓘ
Shoshoni self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Northern Shoshoni

Shoshoni self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Western Shoshoni
hasLinguisticFeature postpositions ⓘ
rich verbal morphology ⓘ
verb-final syntax ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature tone or pitch accent ⓘ
vowel length contrast ⓘ
hasRevitalizationEffort language classes in tribal communities ⓘ
university-based Shoshoni courses ⓘ
ISO639-3Code shh ⓘ
languageBranch Numic ⓘ
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan NERFINISHED ⓘ
morphologicalType agglutinative language ⓘ
region Great Basin ⓘ
western United States ⓘ
spokenIn Idaho ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

Utah ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
subclassOf Central Numic language ⓘ
traditionalTerritory Idaho ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
Wyoming ⓘ
usedBy Duckwater Shoshone Tribe ⓘ
Shoshone-Bannock Tribes ⓘ
Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone ⓘ
usedFor cultural preservation ⓘ
oral storytelling ⓘ
traditional ceremonies ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (11)

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

this entity surface form: Shoshone people
Shoshoni → ethnicGroup → Shoshoni self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shoshone people
Shoshoni → hasDialect → Shoshoni self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Northern Shoshoni
Shoshoni → hasDialect → Shoshoni self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Western Shoshoni
Shoshoni → hasDialect → Shoshoni self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Eastern Shoshoni
Numic → hasLanguage → Shoshoni ⓘ
Numic → includesLanguage → Shoshoni ⓘ
subject surface form: Central Numic
Uto-Aztecan → includesLanguage → Shoshoni ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shoshone people
Ute people → relatedEthnicGroup → Shoshoni ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shoshone people