Northern Paiute
Northern Paiute is a Uto-Aztecan language spoken in United States. Glottolog rates it nearly extinct.
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Northern Paiute , endonym Numu or nɨɨmɨ, also known as Paviotso, is a Western Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family, which had around 500 fluent speakers in 1994 according to Marianne Mithun. It is closely related to the Mono language.
From Wikipedia · Northern Paiute language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Northern Paiute
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | mogoˀni | |
| person | nana* | |
| name | nania* | |
| eye | pui* | |
| ear | naka* | |
| nose | mubi* | |
| tooth | tama* | |
| tongue | igo* | |
| hand | mai* | |
| blood | p3pi* | |
| bone | oho* | |
| knee | mia* | |
| breast | bihi* | |
| liver | n3m3* | |
| water | paa | |
| fire | koso* | |
| sun | pusat3* | |
| star | patusuba* | |
| stone | t3pi* | |
| mountain | kaiba* | |
| tree | hupi* | |
| leaf | naka* | |
| night | doNona* | |
| dog | sad3* | |
| fish | pakwi* | |
| louse | posi7i* | |
| one | s3m37yu* | |
| two | waha7yu* | |
| I | n3* | |
| you | 3* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Mono (USA)Uto-Aztecan46% alike
- ComancheUto-Aztecan37% alike
- PanamintUto-Aztecan35% alike
- KawaiisuUto-Aztecan29% alike
- ShoshoniUto-Aztecan29% alike
- Ute-Southern PaiuteUto-Aztecan25% alike
Grammar
- DefakaIjoid84% alike
- Mono (USA)Uto-Aztecan84% alike
- ComancheUto-Aztecan83% alike
- PuquinaIsolates81% alike
- EtruscanIsolates80% alike
- Alsea-YaquinaIsolates80% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · nort2954 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · pao