Endangered Languages Project - O'odham

O'odham

^{[aka Pima-Papago, Upper Piman, Papago]}

Classification: Uto-Aztecan

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vulnerable

ALSO KNOWN AS		Pima-Papago, Upper Piman, Papago, Nebome, Nevome, O'othham, Papago-Pima, Tohono O'odham
CLASSIFICATION		Uto-Aztecan, Southern Uto-Aztecan, Pimic
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		ood
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Tohono O’odham (Papago) Akimel O’odham (Pima)
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search

Compare Sources (8)

Information from: “North America” (7-41) . Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco (2008) , Chris Moseley and Ron Asher · Routledge

Vulnerable

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
>15,000?
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
14,000-15,000 in Arizona; many additional speakers in Mexico.

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: USA, Arizona; Mexico;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Between 14,000 and 15,000 fluent speakers of all ages in Arizona, and many additional speakers in Mexico. Most Akimel O’odham speakers live on the Gila River, Salt River, and Ak Chin Reservations, in the vicinity of Phoenix. Most Tohono O’odham speakers in the United States live on the Papago Reservation in southern Arizona west of Tucson; there are also speakers on the San Xavier and Gila Bend Reservations.

PLACES: USA, Arizona; Mexico;

Threatened

40 percent certain, based on the evidence available
14,094
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
14,000 (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 33,000 (Ichihashi-Nakayama 2004). Including 20,000 Papago, 13,000 Pima (Ichihashi-Nakayama 2004).

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

PLACES: USA: Arizona

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Arizona: south central. 60 villages on 7 reservations.

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
14,000-15,000
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: USA, Arizona; Mexico;

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
30,094
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: USA, Arizona; Mexico;

Vulnerable

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
11,819
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
>9,600
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
20,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
9,600 in United States (2000 census), decreasing. 181 monolinguals (1990 census). Ethnic population data: (1977 SIL).

DATE OF INFO: 2000 census

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION

PLACES: USA, Arizona; Mexico;

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: South central Arizona. 60 villages on 7 reservations.

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

33.059,-112.0479; 31.9186,-111.8798

COORDINATES

COORDINATES

31.9186,-111.8798

Compare Sources (3)

Information from: “Endangered Languages of the United States” (108-130) . Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell (2010) , Christopher Moseley · UNESCO