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Numic languages

Numic (/ˈnʌmɪk/ or /ˈnuːmɪk/) is the northernmost branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family. It includes seven languages spoken by Native American peoples traditionally living in the Great Basin, Colorado River basin, Snake River basin, and southern Great Plains. The word "Numic" comes from the cognate word in all Numic languages for "person", which…

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Geographic distribution
Western United States
Glottolog
numi1242
Linguistic classification
NorthernNumic · Numic
Subdivisions
Western Numic · Central Numic · Southern Numic

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Numic languages

Nodes24
Edges23
Triples26
Avg. degree1.92
Density0.083333
Components1

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Numic languages

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related to Classification · 19
Numic languages → Bannock, Central, Chemehuevi, Eastern, Gosiute, Northern, Northern Nevada, Northern Paiute, NumicCentral Numic, Oregon, River, Shoshoni, Southern Nevada, Southern Numic, Southern Paiute, These, Ute, Western, Western Numic
Subdivisions · 3
Numic languages → Central Numic, Southern Numic, Western Numic
Linguistic classification · 2
Numic languages → NorthernNumic, Numic
Geographic distribution · 1
Numic languages → Western United States
Glottolog · 1
Numic languages → numi1242

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numic languages southern comanche western proto-numic central stops changes shoshoni nasal-stop clusters colorado river consonants kawaiisu northern vowels consonant cognate

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Numic languagesGeographic distributionWestern United States1.00infobox
Numic languagesGlottolognumi12421.00infobox
Numic languagesLinguistic classificationNorthernNumic1.00infobox
Numic languagesLinguistic classificationNumic1.00infobox
Numic languagesSubdivisionsWestern Numic1.00infobox
Numic languagesSubdivisionsCentral Numic1.00infobox
Numic languagesSubdivisionsSouthern Numic1.00infobox
Numic languagesrelated to ClassificationThese0.60section
Numic languagesrelated to ClassificationNumicCentral Numic0.60section
Numic languagesrelated to ClassificationWestern0.60section
Numic languagesrelated to ClassificationCentral0.60section
Numic languagesrelated to ClassificationEastern0.60section

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