Southern Numic languages
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Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
- In Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin: Language
Southern Numic languages are spoken by the Kawaiisu and a number of Ute (self-name Nuche) and Southern Paiute groups including the Chemehuevi. The distinction between Southern Paiute and Ute is cultural rather than linguistic; Ute speakers who had horses in the early historic period are…
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Numic languages
- In Numic languages
…(or Shoshoni-Goshiute), and Comanche; and Southern Numic, including Kawaiisu, Ute and Chemehuevi, and Southern Paiute. Numic represents the northernmost extension of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Together with Tubatulabal, the Takic languages, and Hopi, the Numic languages form the Northern division of the Uto-Aztecan language family.
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