Southern Paiute language

E307665

Southern Paiute language is a Uto-Aztecan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Southern Paiute people of the southwestern United States, particularly in parts of Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous language of North America ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ
Uto-Aztecan language ⓘ
basicWordOrder SOV ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Chemehuevi language ⓘ
Ute language ⓘ
culturalSignificance key marker of Southern Paiute identity ⓘ
endangeredStatus definitely endangered ⓘ
ethnicGroup Southern Paiute people ⓘ
family Uto-Aztecan language family ⓘ
linked to: Uto-Aztecan
hasAlternativeName Southern Paiute-Ute ⓘ
Ute Southern Paiute language ⓘ
Ute-Southern Paiute ⓘ
hasDialect Cedar City Paiute dialect ⓘ
Kaibab Paiute dialect ⓘ
Las Vegas Paiute dialect ⓘ
Moapa Paiute dialect ⓘ
San Juan Southern Paiute dialect ⓘ
Shivwits Paiute dialect ⓘ
hasEducationalUse tribal language programs in schools ⓘ
hasLanguageRevitalizationEffort community-based language classes ⓘ
documentation and dictionary projects ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature complex verb morphology ⓘ
productive derivational morphology ⓘ
use of enclitics ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length ⓘ
rich consonant inventory including glottalized consonants ⓘ
hasSpeakerTrend declining number of fluent speakers ⓘ
ISO639-3 ute ⓘ
isPartOfContinuumWith Ute-Chemehuevi dialect continuum ⓘ
languageCodeType ISO 639-3 ⓘ
languageFamilyHigher Northern Uto-Aztecan ⓘ
morphologicalType agglutinative language ⓘ
recognizedBy UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger ⓘ
region Southwestern United States ⓘ
spokenIn Arizona ⓘ
California ⓘ
Nevada ⓘ
United States ⓘ
Utah ⓘ
subfamily Numic branch ⓘ
subgroup Southern Numic ⓘ
usedBy Southern Paiute tribal communities ⓘ
usedIn ceremonial contexts ⓘ
songs and storytelling ⓘ
traditional oral narratives ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Referenced by (34)

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

Paiute → language → Southern Paiute language ⓘ
Ute language → closelyRelatedTo → Southern Paiute language ⓘ
subject linked to: ute
Ute language → closelyRelatedTo → Southern Paiute language ⓘ
Northern Uto-Aztecan → containsLanguage → Southern Paiute language ⓘ
Proto-Numic → ancestorOf → Southern Paiute language ⓘ
Numic branch of Uto-Aztecan → hasLanguage → Southern Paiute language ⓘ
Southern Numic languages → includes → Southern Paiute language ⓘ
subject linked to: Numic languages
Colorado River Numic → hasMember → Southern Paiute language ⓘ
San Juan Southern Paiute → speaks → Southern Paiute language ⓘ
Kawaiisu language → closelyRelatedTo → Southern Paiute language ⓘ
subject linked to: Kawaiisu
Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah → traditionalLanguage → Southern Paiute language ⓘ
Las Vegas Paiute Tribe → traditionalLanguage → Southern Paiute language ⓘ
Moapa Band of Paiute Indians → language → Southern Paiute language ⓘ
Cedar Band of Paiutes → traditionalLanguage → Southern Paiute language ⓘ
Cedar Band of Paiutes → nativeNameLanguage → Southern Paiute language ⓘ
Nuwu → usesLanguage → Southern Paiute language ⓘ
Shivwits Band of Paiutes → traditionalLanguage → Southern Paiute language ⓘ
Mukuntuweap National Monument → namedAfter → Mukuntuweap (a Paiute term associated with the area) ⓘ
linked to: Southern Paiute language
Wick R. Miller → studied → Southern Paiute language ⓘ
Southern Paiute language → hasDialect → Kaibab Paiute dialect ⓘ
linked to: Southern Paiute language
Southern Paiute language → hasDialect → Shivwits Paiute dialect ⓘ
linked to: Southern Paiute language
Southern Paiute language → hasDialect → Cedar City Paiute dialect ⓘ
linked to: Southern Paiute language
Southern Paiute language → hasDialect → Las Vegas Paiute dialect ⓘ
linked to: Southern Paiute language
Southern Paiute language → hasDialect → Moapa Paiute dialect ⓘ
linked to: Southern Paiute language
Southern Paiute language → hasDialect → San Juan Southern Paiute dialect ⓘ
linked to: Southern Paiute language
Ute-Southern Paiute continuum → hasPart → Southern Paiute language ⓘ
Great Basin linguistic area → hasLanguage → Southern Paiute language ⓘ
Kanosh Band of Paiutes → hasAncestralLanguage → Southern Paiute language ⓘ
Koosharem Band of Paiutes → traditionalLanguage → Southern Paiute language ⓘ
Las Vegas Indian Colony → hasTraditionalLanguage → Southern Paiute language ⓘ
Muddy River Valley → hasLanguageHeritage → Southern Paiute language ⓘ
Kaibab Indian Reservation → hasTraditionalLanguage → Southern Paiute language ⓘ
Moapa River Indian Reservation → nativeNameLanguage → Southern Paiute language ⓘ
Moapa River Indian Reservation → hasTraditionalLanguage → Southern Paiute language ⓘ