Proto-Numic

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Proto-Numic is the reconstructed common ancestor language of the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family, from which varieties like Southern Numic descended.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Uto-Aztecan language
proto-language
reconstructed language
ancestorOf Central Numic
surface form: Central Numic languages

Chemehuevi language
Comanche language
Kawaiisu language
Numic languages
surface form: Mono language (Western Numic)

Northern Paiute language
Northern Paiute language
surface form: Owens Valley Paiute language

Panamint (Koso) language
surface form: Panamint (Timbisha) language

Shoshoni language
Southern Numic
surface form: Southern Numic languages

Southern Paiute language
Ute language
Western Numic
surface form: Western Numic languages
branch Numic
evidenceType comparative evidence from modern Numic languages
hasDescendantGroup Numic languages
hasFeature Uto-Aztecan-type nominal morphology
Uto-Aztecan-type verb morphology
ablaut or stem alternations (reconstructed)
contrastive consonant length (gemination) (reconstructed)
vowel length distinctions (reconstructed)
hasLexicon reconstructed basic vocabulary
hasPhonologicalSystem reconstructed consonant inventory
reconstructed vowel inventory
hasReconstructionLevel lexical
morphological
phonological
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan
partOf Numic branch
Uto-Aztecan
surface form: Uto-Aztecan language family
reconstructedBy historical linguists
reconstructionMethod comparative method
relatedTo Proto-Uto-Aztecan
spokenIn Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
surface form: Great Basin region (prehistory, reconstructed)
status unattested
studiedInField Uto-Aztecan studies
historical linguistics
subgroupOf Northern Uto-Aztecan
timeDepth late Holocene (approximate, reconstructed)
writingSystem none (unwritten language)

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

Southern Numic hasAncestor Proto-Numic