Northern Paiute language
Encyclopedia
Northern Paiute is a Western Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family, which according to Marianne Mithun
had around 500 fluent speakers in 1994. Ethnologue
reported the number of speakers in 1999 as 1,631. It is closely related to the Mono language
.
is an agglutinative language, in which words use suffix complexes for a variety of purposes with several morpheme
s strung together.
Marianne Mithun
Marianne Mithun is a leading scholar of American Indian languages and language typology. She is currently Professor of Linguistics at the University of California at Santa Barbara....
had around 500 fluent speakers in 1994. Ethnologue
Ethnologue
Ethnologue: Languages of the World is a web and print publication of SIL International , a Christian linguistic service organization, which studies lesser-known languages, to provide the speakers with Bibles in their native language and support their efforts in language development.The Ethnologue...
reported the number of speakers in 1999 as 1,631. It is closely related to the Mono language
Mono language (Native American)
Mono is a Native American language of the Numic group of Uto-Aztecan languages, the ancestral language of the Mono people. Mono consists of two dialects, Eastern and Western. The name "Monachi" is commonly used in reference to Western Mono and "Owens Valley Paiute" in reference to Eastern Mono....
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Morphology
Northern PaiutePaiute
Paiute refers to three closely related groups of Native Americans — the Northern Paiute of California, Idaho, Nevada and Oregon; the Owens Valley Paiute of California and Nevada; and the Southern Paiute of Arizona, southeastern California and Nevada, and Utah.-Origin of name:The origin of...
is an agglutinative language, in which words use suffix complexes for a variety of purposes with several morpheme
Morpheme
In linguistics, a morpheme is the smallest semantically meaningful unit in a language. The field of study dedicated to morphemes is called morphology. A morpheme is not identical to a word, and the principal difference between the two is that a morpheme may or may not stand alone, whereas a word,...
s strung together.
External links
- Northern Paiute page, with sound sample
- Ethnologue report on Northern Paiute
- Northern Paiute language overview at the Survey of California and Other Indian LanguagesSurvey of California and Other Indian LanguagesThe Survey of California and Other Indian Languages at the University of California at Berkeley documents, catalogs, and archives the indigenous languages of the Americas...