Southern Paiute language
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Southern Paiute language is a Uto-Aztecan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Southern Paiute people of the southwestern United States, particularly in parts of Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2842568 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Paiute language Context triple: [Paiute, language, Southern Paiute language]
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A.
Northern Paiute language
Northern Paiute language is a Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family traditionally spoken by the Northern Paiute people across parts of the western United States, including Nevada, Oregon, California, and Idaho.
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B.
Southern Paiute people
The Southern Paiute people are a Native American group indigenous to the Great Basin and Colorado River regions of the southwestern United States, known for their Numic language, desert-adapted lifeways, and complex relationships with neighboring tribes and European-American settlers.
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C.
Ute language
The Ute language is a Southern Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family traditionally spoken by the Ute people of the western United States.
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D.
Pacific Coast Athabaskan
Pacific Coast Athabaskan refers to a group of Athabaskan (Dene) languages traditionally spoken along the Pacific coast of northwestern California and southwestern Oregon.
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E.
Mojave language
The Mojave language is a Native American Yuman language traditionally spoken by the Mojave people along the lower Colorado River in the southwestern United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southern Paiute language Target entity description: Southern Paiute language is a Uto-Aztecan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Southern Paiute people of the southwestern United States, particularly in parts of Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California.
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A.
Northern Paiute language
Northern Paiute language is a Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family traditionally spoken by the Northern Paiute people across parts of the western United States, including Nevada, Oregon, California, and Idaho.
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B.
Southern Paiute people
The Southern Paiute people are a Native American group indigenous to the Great Basin and Colorado River regions of the southwestern United States, known for their Numic language, desert-adapted lifeways, and complex relationships with neighboring tribes and European-American settlers.
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C.
Ute language
The Ute language is a Southern Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family traditionally spoken by the Ute people of the western United States.
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D.
Pacific Coast Athabaskan
Pacific Coast Athabaskan refers to a group of Athabaskan (Dene) languages traditionally spoken along the Pacific coast of northwestern California and southwestern Oregon.
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E.
Mojave language
The Mojave language is a Native American Yuman language traditionally spoken by the Mojave people along the lower Colorado River in the southwestern United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indigenous language of North America
ⓘ
Native American language ⓘ Uto-Aztecan language ⓘ |
| basicWordOrder | SOV ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Chemehuevi language
ⓘ
Ute language ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | key marker of Southern Paiute identity ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus | definitely endangered ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Southern Paiute people ⓘ |
| family |
Uto-Aztecan
ⓘ
surface form:
Uto-Aztecan language family
|
| hasAlternativeName |
Ute-Southern Paiute continuum
ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Paiute-Ute
Ute-Southern Paiute continuum ⓘ
surface form:
Ute Southern Paiute language
Ute-Southern Paiute continuum ⓘ
surface form:
Ute-Southern Paiute
|
| hasDialect |
Southern Paiute language
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Cedar City Paiute dialect
Southern Paiute language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Kaibab Paiute dialect
Southern Paiute language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Las Vegas Paiute dialect
Southern Paiute language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Moapa Paiute dialect
Southern Paiute language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
San Juan Southern Paiute dialect
Southern Paiute language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Shivwits Paiute dialect
|
| hasEducationalUse | tribal language programs in schools ⓘ |
| hasLanguageRevitalizationEffort |
community-based language classes
ⓘ
documentation and dictionary projects ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticFeature |
complex verb morphology
ⓘ
productive derivational morphology ⓘ use of enclitics ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
contrastive vowel length
ⓘ
rich consonant inventory including glottalized consonants ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerTrend | declining number of fluent speakers ⓘ |
| ISO639-3 | ute ⓘ |
| isPartOfContinuumWith | Ute-Chemehuevi dialect continuum ⓘ |
| languageCodeType | ISO 639-3 ⓘ |
| languageFamilyHigher | Northern Uto-Aztecan ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger ⓘ |
| region |
southwestern United States
ⓘ
surface form:
Southwestern United States
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| spokenIn |
Arizona
ⓘ
California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
California
Nevada ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Utah ⓘ |
| subfamily | Numic branch ⓘ |
| subgroup | Southern Numic ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Southern Paiute people
ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Paiute tribal communities
|
| usedIn |
ceremonial contexts
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songs and storytelling ⓘ traditional oral narratives ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
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Input
Subject: Southern Paiute language Description of subject: Southern Paiute language is a Uto-Aztecan Indigenous language traditionally spoken by the Southern Paiute people of the southwestern United States, particularly in parts of Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and California.
Referenced by (27)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Ute language
subject surface form:
Southern Numic languages
subject surface form:
Kawaiisu language
this entity surface form:
Mukuntuweap (a Paiute term associated with the area)
this entity surface form:
Kaibab Paiute dialect
this entity surface form:
Shivwits Paiute dialect
this entity surface form:
Cedar City Paiute dialect
this entity surface form:
Las Vegas Paiute dialect
this entity surface form:
Moapa Paiute dialect
this entity surface form:
San Juan Southern Paiute dialect