Southern Paiute > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Southern Paiute
Type:
Language
Alternate Name:
Kawaiisu
Spoken in:
USA
Number of speakers:
5 (2005 J. Turner). Ethnic population: 150–250 (2005 J. Turner)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
10
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
9
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
xaw
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Uto-Aztecan (Yuta-Nawan)
Parent Subgroup:
Bannock; Southern Numic; Yutish Group (snum)
Brief Description:
"Kawaiisu is the Southern Numic language of a small unrecognised tribe of the Tehachapi region between the Mohave Desert and the San Joaquin Valley in south-central California. Fewer than 10 speakers were reported in 1994, but this is a significant proportion of the total population of this culturally conservative group, which numbers less than 100." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 16
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Critically endangered Ethnologue Status: Nearly Extinct Sutherland's Red List: Critically Endangered
Map of Southern Paiute
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