1. Family: Uto-Aztecan
  2. Genus: Numic

Paiute (Northern)

WALS coordinates: 42° N, 118° W

spoken in United States

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Paiute (Northern)
Routledge:
    Other:
    • N. Paiute,
    • Northern Paiute,
    • Paviotso,
    • N Paiute
    ISO 639-3:

    Features

    Feature Value References
    Phonology
    The Velar Nasal No initial velar nasal
    Morphology
    Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology Strongly suffixing
    Nominal Categories
    Coding of Nominal Plurality Mixed morphological plural
    Occurrence of Nominal Plurality All nouns, optional in inanimates
    Definite Articles No definite or indefinite article
    Indefinite Articles No definite or indefinite article
    Indefinite Pronouns Interrogative-based
    Position of Case Affixes Postpositional clitics
    Numeral Classifiers Absent
    Position of Pronominal Possessive Affixes No possessive affixes
    Nominal Syntax
    Nominal and Verbal Conjunction Differentiation
    Verbal Categories
    Position of Tense-Aspect Affixes Tense-aspect suffixes
    The Morphological Imperative No second-person imperatives
    The Prohibitive Normal imperative + special negative
    Semantic Distinctions of Evidentiality Indirect only
    Coding of Evidentiality Verbal affix or clitic
    Word Order
    Order of Subject, Object and Verb SOV
    Order of Subject and Verb SV
    Order of Object and Verb OV
    Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase Postpositions
    Order of Genitive and Noun Genitive-Noun
    Order of Adjective and Noun Adjective-Noun
    Order of Demonstrative and Noun Demonstrative-Noun
    Order of Numeral and Noun Numeral-Noun
    Order of Relative Clause and Noun Noun-Relative clause
    Position of Polar Question Particles Second position
    Position of Interrogative Phrases in Content Questions Initial interrogative phrase
    Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adposition and Noun Phrase OV and Postpositions
    Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Relative Clause and Noun OV and NRel
    Relationship between the Order of Object and Verb and the Order of Adjective and Noun OV and AdjN
    Simple Clauses
    Expression of Pronominal Subjects Obligatory pronouns in subject position
    Reciprocal Constructions Mixed
    Negative Morphemes Negative particle
    Negative Indefinite Pronouns and Predicate Negation Predicate negation also present
    Polar Questions Question particle
    Complex Sentences
    'Want' Complement Subjects Desiderative verbal affix
    Lexicon
    Hand and Arm Different
    Finger and Hand Different