Southern Numic

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Southern Numic is a branch of the Numic group of Uto-Aztecan languages spoken in parts of the southwestern United States.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Southern Numic canonical 10
Southern Numic languages 5
Southern Paiute language 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Uto-Aztecan language branch
branch of Numic languages
language subgroup
classificationStatus generally accepted subgroup within Numic
endangeredStatus many member languages endangered
some member languages severely endangered
fieldOfStudy Uto-Aztecan linguistics
hasAlternativeName Southern Numic branch
hasAncestor Proto-Numic
Proto-Uto-Aztecan
hasISO639_5Code azc-num-sou
hasMorphologicalFeature complex verbal morphology
productive derivational morphology
hasNotableResearcher Lyle Campbell
Marianne Mithun
Wick R. Miller
hasPart Chemehuevi
Colorado River Numic
Kawaiisu
Southern Paiute
Ute
linked to: Ute people

Ute-Chemehuevi
linked to: Chemehuevi
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length in many varieties
rich consonant inventory in many varieties
hasSyntacticFeature relatively free word order
tendency toward SOV order
languageBranch Numic
languageFamily Uto-Aztecan
partOf Numic branch of Uto-Aztecan
region Colorado River region
Great Basin
spokenIn Arizona
California
Colorado
Nevada
Southwestern United States
United States
Utah
studiedBy linguistics
subclassOf Numic
Uto-Aztecan languages
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
typology agglutinative language
head-marking language
usedBy Chemehuevi people
Kawaiisu people
Southern Paiute people
Ute people
writingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (19)

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

Chemehuevi language subfamily Southern Numic
subject linked to: Chemehuevi people
Chemehuevi people linguisticBranch Southern Numic
Chemehuevi language branch Southern Numic
Chemehuevi language closelyRelatedTo Southern Paiute language
linked to: Southern Numic
Southern Paiute people speaks Southern Paiute language
linked to: Southern Numic
Edward Sapir studied Southern Paiute language
linked to: Southern Numic
Numic hasSubdivision Southern Numic
Ute language subgroup Southern Numic
Proto-Numic ancestorOf Southern Numic languages
linked to: Southern Numic
Numic languages hasSubdivision Southern Numic languages
linked to: Southern Numic
Kawaiisu language subfamilyOf Southern Numic languages
linked to: Southern Numic
Numic peoples hasPart Southern Numic peoples
linked to: Southern Numic
Wick R. Miller fieldOfWork Southern Numic languages
linked to: Southern Numic
Southern Paiute language subgroup Southern Numic
Uncompahgre Ute languageSubbranch Southern Numic languages
linked to: Southern Numic
Central Numic isRelatedTo Southern Numic
Western Numic isSisterBranchOf Southern Numic