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

Paiute (Southern)

WALS coordinates: 37° 49′ 48.00″ N, 113° 19′ 48.00″ W

spoken in United States

Alternative Names

Ethnologue:
Ruhlen:
  • Paiute (Southern)
Routledge:
    Other:
    • Paiute, Southern,
    • S. Paiute,
    • Southern Paiute
    ISO 639-3:

    Features

    Feature Value References
    Phonology
    The Velar Nasal No initial velar nasal
    Fixed Stress Locations Second
    Weight-Sensitive Stress Fixed stress (no weight-sensitivity)
    Weight Factors in Weight-Sensitive Stress Systems No weight
    Rhythm Types Iambic
    Morphology
    Reduplication Productive full and partial reduplication
    Nominal Categories
    Pronominal and Adnominal Demonstratives Identical
    Numeral Classifiers Absent
    Verbal Categories
    Semantic Distinctions of Evidentiality Indirect only
    Coding of Evidentiality Verbal affix or clitic
    Simple Clauses
    Reciprocal Constructions Identical to reflexive