Paiute ( / ˈ p aɪ juː t / ; also Piute ) refers to three non-contiguous groups of Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin . Although their languages are related within the Numic group of Uto-Aztecan languages , these three languages do not form a single subgroup and they are no more closely related to each than they are to the Central Numic languages ( Timbisha , Shoshoni , and Comanche ) which are spoken between them.
4-456: The term "Paiute" does not refer to a single, unique, unified group of Great Basin tribes, but is a historical label comprising: Though sharing similar Numic roots, the three groups historically called Paiute have different languages as shown below: Northern Paiute Mono Kawaiisi Southern Paiute Northern Paiute language Northern Paiute / ˈ p aɪ uː t / , endonym Numu or nɨɨmɨ, also known as Paviotso ,
8-459: A language-learning book, “Numa Yadooape,” and a series of computer disks of language lessons. Northern Paiute's phonology is highly variable, and its phonemes have many allophones. Northern Paiute is an agglutinative language, in which words use suffix complexes for a variety of purposes with several morphemes strung together. This article related to the Indigenous languages of
12-759: Is a Western Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family, which according to Marianne Mithun had around 500 fluent speakers in 1994. It is closely related to the Mono language . 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. In 2013, Washoe County, Nevada became
16-627: The first school district in Nevada to offer Northern Paiute classes, offering an elective course in the language at Spanish Springs High School. Classes have also been taught at Reed High School in Sparks, Nevada . 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
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