Northern Paiute | |
---|---|
Native to | United States |
Region | Nevada, California, Oregon, Idaho |
Ethnicity | 6,000 Northern Paiute and Bannock (1999) [1] |
Native speakers | 700 (2007) [1] |
Uto-Aztecan
| |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
pao |
Glottolog |
nort2954 |
ELP | Northern Paiute |
Map showing the traditional geographic distribution of Northern Paiute and
Mono | |
Northern Paiute is classified as Definitely Endangered by the
UNESCO
Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Northern Paiute /ˈpaɪuːt/, [2] endonym Numu, [3] also known as Paviotso, is a Western Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family, which according to Marianne Mithun had around 500 fluent speakers in 1994. [4] It is closely related to the Mono language.
Northern Paiute's phonology is highly variable, and its phonemes have many allophones. [5]
Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plain | Lab. | |||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
Stop | p | t | k | kʷ | ʔ | |
Affricate | ts | tʃ | ||||
Fricative | s | h | ||||
Semivowel | w | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i | ɨ | u |
Open-Mid | e | ɔ | |
Open | a |
In 2005, the Northwest Indian Language Institute of the University of Oregon formed a partnership to teach Northern Paiute and Kiksht in the Warm Springs Indian Reservation schools. [7] In 2013, Washoe County, Nevada became the first school district in Nevada to offer Northern Paiute classes, offering an elective course in the language at Spanish Springs High School. [8] Classes have also been taught at Reed High School in Sparks, Nevada. [9]
Elder Ralph Burns of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation worked with University of Nevada, Reno linguist Catherine Fowler to help develop a spelling system. The alphabet uses 19 letters. They have also developed a language-learning book, “Numa Yadooape,” and a series of computer disks of language lessons. [9]
Northern Paiute is an agglutinative language, in which words use suffix complexes for a variety of purposes with several morphemes strung together.
Northern Paiute | |
---|---|
Native to | United States |
Region | Nevada, California, Oregon, Idaho |
Ethnicity | 6,000 Northern Paiute and Bannock (1999) [1] |
Native speakers | 700 (2007) [1] |
Uto-Aztecan
| |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 |
pao |
Glottolog |
nort2954 |
ELP | Northern Paiute |
Map showing the traditional geographic distribution of Northern Paiute and
Mono | |
Northern Paiute is classified as Definitely Endangered by the
UNESCO
Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
Northern Paiute /ˈpaɪuːt/, [2] endonym Numu, [3] also known as Paviotso, is a Western Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family, which according to Marianne Mithun had around 500 fluent speakers in 1994. [4] It is closely related to the Mono language.
Northern Paiute's phonology is highly variable, and its phonemes have many allophones. [5]
Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plain | Lab. | |||||
Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
Stop | p | t | k | kʷ | ʔ | |
Affricate | ts | tʃ | ||||
Fricative | s | h | ||||
Semivowel | w | j |
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i | ɨ | u |
Open-Mid | e | ɔ | |
Open | a |
In 2005, the Northwest Indian Language Institute of the University of Oregon formed a partnership to teach Northern Paiute and Kiksht in the Warm Springs Indian Reservation schools. [7] In 2013, Washoe County, Nevada became the first school district in Nevada to offer Northern Paiute classes, offering an elective course in the language at Spanish Springs High School. [8] Classes have also been taught at Reed High School in Sparks, Nevada. [9]
Elder Ralph Burns of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation worked with University of Nevada, Reno linguist Catherine Fowler to help develop a spelling system. The alphabet uses 19 letters. They have also developed a language-learning book, “Numa Yadooape,” and a series of computer disks of language lessons. [9]
Northern Paiute is an agglutinative language, in which words use suffix complexes for a variety of purposes with several morphemes strung together.