Shoshoni language
Uto-Aztecan language spoken in western US / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Shoshoni language?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Shoshoni, also written as Shoshoni-Gosiute and Shoshone (/ʃoʊˈʃoʊniː/ shoh-SHOH-nee;[2] Shoshoni: soni' ta̲i̲kwappe, newe ta̲i̲kwappe or neme ta̲i̲kwappeh), is a Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family, spoken in the Western United States by the Shoshone people. Shoshoni is primarily spoken in the Great Basin, in areas of Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and Idaho.[3]: 1
Shoshoni | |
---|---|
Sosoni' ta̲i̲kwappe, Neme ta̲i̲kwappeh | |
Native to | United States |
Region | Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Idaho |
Ethnicity | Shoshones |
Native speakers | ~1,000 (2007)[1] 1,000 additional non-fluent speakers (2007)[1] |
Uto-Aztecan
| |
Early form | Proto-Numic
|
Dialects |
|
Latin | |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | shh |
Glottolog | shos1248 |
ELP | Shoshone |
Map of the Shoshoni (and Timbisha) languages prior to European contact | |
Shoshoni is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger | |
This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. |
The consonant inventory of Shoshoni is rather small, but a much wider range of surface forms of these phonemes appear in the spoken language. The language has six vowels, distinguished by length.[3]: 3 Shoshoni is a strongly suffixing language, and it inflects for nominal number and case and for verbal aspect and tense using suffixes. Word order is relatively free but shows a preference toward SOV order.[4]
The endonyms newe ta̲i̲kwappe and Sosoni' ta̲i̲kwappe mean "the people's language" and "the Shoshoni language," respectively.[5]: 5, 176 Shoshoni is classified as threatened, although attempts at revitalization are underway.[6]