Shoshoni

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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.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Shoshone people 4
Shoshoni canonical 4
Eastern Shoshoni 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American language
Numic language
Uto-Aztecan language
language
basicWordOrder SOV
closelyRelatedTo Comanche language
Northern Paiute language
Panamint language
endangeredStatus threatened
ethnicGroup Shoshone people
linked to: Shoshoni
glottocode shos1248
hasAlternativeName Shoshone
hasDialect Eastern Shoshoni
linked to: Shoshoni

Gosiute
Northern Shoshoni
linked to: Shoshoni

Western Shoshoni
linked to: 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
morphologicalType agglutinative language
region Great Basin
western United States
spokenIn Idaho
Nevada
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 script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

Uto-Aztecan includesLanguage Shoshoni
Mono people relatedEthnicGroup Shoshone people
linked to: Shoshoni
Ute people relatedEthnicGroup Shoshone people
linked to: Shoshoni
Central Numic includesLanguage Shoshoni
subject linked to: Numic
Numic hasLanguage Shoshoni
Numic branch of Uto-Aztecan associatedWithPeople Shoshone people
linked to: Shoshoni
Shoshoni ethnicGroup Shoshone people
linked to: Shoshoni
Shoshoni hasDialect Northern Shoshoni
linked to: Shoshoni
Shoshoni hasDialect Western Shoshoni
linked to: Shoshoni
Shoshoni hasDialect Eastern Shoshoni
linked to: Shoshoni