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Native Speakers Worldwide

~700

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North America
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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~700

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

Second-language speakers and learners

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Semi-speakers

400

Child speakers

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Young adult speakers

No data

Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

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Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

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Year of info

2008

Location and Context

Countries

USA, Nevada, Oregon, California, Idaho

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Government support

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Standard orthography

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Script (Writing system)

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Other languages used

English

Domains of other languages

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

710

Domains of Use

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

USA, Nevada, Oregon, California, Idaho

Coordinates

43.5883,-119.0595

Location description

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Year of info

2010

Location and Context

Countries

USA, Nevada, Oregon, California, Idaho

Coordinates

43.0439,-112.4566; 41.9979,-117.7193; 43.5883,-119.0595

Location description

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Threatened

Native Speakers Worldwide

1,630

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Ethnic Population

6,000

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

"US Census (2000) lists 25 Northern Paiute. Data for the number of native speakers comes from SIL (1999). Data for the ethnic population is from SIL (1999).

Year of info

2009

Location and Context

Countries

USA, Nevada, Oregon, California, Idaho

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Location description

North Nevada and adjacent areas of Oregon, California, and Idaho. About 20 reservations spread over 1,610 square km.

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North Nevada and adjacent areas of Oregon, California, and Idaho. About 20 reservations spread over 1,610 square km.

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Critically Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

700

Domains of Use

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Speaker Number Trends

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Transmission

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Speakers

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Semi-speakers

400

Child speakers

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Older adult speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Ethnic Population

6000

Non-monolingual speakers

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More about speakers

700 (Golla 2007). 400 semispeakers (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 6,000 (1999 SIL).

Year of info

2016

Location and Context

Countries

USA: Nevada

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Endangered

Native Speakers Worldwide

~700

Domains of Use

No data

Speaker Number Trends

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~400

Semi-speakers

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Elder Speakers

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Year of info

2007

Location and Context

Countries

USA, Nevada, Oregon, California, Idaho

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Year of info

2005

Location and Context

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Coordinates

42.0,-118.0

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Native Speakers Worldwide

1,631

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  2. North America
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  5. World Oral Literature Project
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  8. The World Atlas of Language Structures
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  9. Northern Paiute
    Snapp, Allen, Joy Anderson and John L. Anderson. 1982. "Northern Paiute." In Studies in Uto-Aztecan grammar 3: Uto-Aztecan grammatical sketches, part 2, edited by Ronald W. Langacker. 1-92. 56(3): Summer Institute of Linguistics Publications in Linguistics.
  10. A Northern Paiute Grammar and Texts
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  11. Numic Consonantal Correspondences
    Davis, Irvine. 1966. "Numic Consonantal Correspondences." In International Journal of American Linguistics, 32 , no. 2: 124-140.
  12. Northern Paiute
    Snapp, Allen, John Anderson and Joy Anderson. 1982. "Northern Paiute." In Uto-Aztecan Grammatical Sketches, edited by R. W. Langacker. 3: 1-92. Summer Institute of Linguistics and University of Arlington.
  13. Paiute-English English-Paiute Dictionary
    Poldevaart, Arie. 1987. "Paiute-English English-Paiute Dictionary." Yerington Paiute Tribe.