Southern Paiute language

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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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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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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