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ALSO KNOWN AS		Paiute, Northern, Paviotso, Paiute (Northern), North Paiute, Paviotso-Bannock-Snake, Bannock
CLASSIFICATION		Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan, Numic
ORTHOGRAPHY		Standard orthography present
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		pao
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Bannock Yerington-Schurz McDermitt
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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

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~700
Native speakers worldwide
SEMI SPEAKERS
400

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS

TRANSMISSION

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Fluency in all communities except Fort McDermitt is confined to speakers 60 years and above, roughly 300 speakers total. Fort McDermitt has a fluency rate above 50% (roughly 400 speakers), with about 20% to 30% of children acquiring it as their first language. Semi-speakers from all areas add another 400 to these figures.

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

English

PLACES: USA, Nevada, Oregon, California, Idaho

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Today limited numbers of speakers are found in reservation communities and colonies in Oregon, Nevada, California and Idaho, as well as in urban locations in these states. Principal communities are at Warm Springs and Burns, Oregon; Fort McDermitt, Owyhee, Winnemucca, Pyramid Lake, Reno-Sparks, Lovelock, Fallon, Yerington, and Walker River, Nevada; Lee Vining and Fort Bidwell, California. A variety (called Bannock) is also spoken by a few elderly people at Fort Hall, Idaho.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,630
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
6,000
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
"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).

DATE OF INFO: 1999

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The number of speakers is decreasing.

PLACES: USA, Nevada, Oregon, California, Idaho

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

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
710
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: USA, Nevada, Oregon, California, Idaho

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,631
Native speakers worldwide

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~700
Native speakers worldwide

Scripts (Writing system): Standard orthography present

PLACES: USA, Nevada, Oregon, California, Idaho

PLACES: USA, Nevada, Oregon, California, Idaho

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
700
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
6000
SEMI SPEAKERS
400
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
700 (Golla 2007). 400 semispeakers (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 6,000 (1999 SIL).

DATE OF INFO: 2007

SPEAKER NUMBER TRENDS
TRANSMISSION

PLACES: USA: Nevada

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Nevada: north; adjacent areas of California, Idaho, Oregon. About 20 reservations spread over 1,610 square km.

		2007	North America	Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages	1-96	C. Moseley		London & New York: Routledge			Victor Golla	Golla, Victor. 2007. "North America." In Encyclopedia of the World's Endangered Languages, edited by C. Moseley. 1-96. London & New York: Routledge.	HHOLD		~700		100-999			~400		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					USA, Nevada, Oregon, California, Idaho
0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer		Oxford University Press	New York			2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.																	42.0,-118.0
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis		SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	6,000	1,630	1999	1000-9999	"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).				Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		The number of speakers is decreasing.			USA, Nevada, Oregon, California, Idaho	North Nevada and adjacent areas of Oregon, California, and Idaho. About 20 reservations spread over 1,610 square km.
		2016	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 19th Edition (2016)			Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig	online	SIL International	Dallas, Texas	http://www.ethnologue.com		Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2016. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Nineteenth edition (2016). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.		6000	700	2007	100-999	700 (Golla 2007). 400 semispeakers (Golla 2007). Ethnic population: 6,000 (1999 SIL).	400			Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15		15	Nevada: north; adjacent areas of California, Idaho, Oregon. About 20 reservations spread over 1,610 square km.	USA: Nevada
	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger					UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		710		100-999					Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)					USA, Nevada, Oregon, California, Idaho		43.5883,-119.0595
		2008	North America	Atlas of the World's Languages	7-41	Chris Moseley and Ron Asher		Routledge	London		Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco	Victor Golla, Ives Goddard, Lyle Campbell, Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco. 2008. "North America." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by Chris Moseley and Ron Asher. 7-41. Routledge.			~700		100-999		400		English	Critically Endangered (80 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	15	Fluency in all communities except Fort McDermitt is confined to speakers 60 years and above, roughly 300 speakers total. Fort McDermitt has a fluency rate above 50% (roughly 400 speakers), with about 20% to 30% of children acquiring it as their first language. Semi-speakers from all areas add another 400 to these figures.	15	Today limited numbers of speakers are found in reservation communities and colonies in Oregon, Nevada, California and Idaho, as well as in urban locations in these states. Principal communities are at Warm Springs and Burns, Oregon; Fort McDermitt, Owyhee, Winnemucca, Pyramid Lake, Reno-Sparks, Lovelock, Fallon, Yerington, and Walker River, Nevada; Lee Vining and Fort Bidwell, California. A variety (called Bannock) is also spoken by a few elderly people at Fort Hall, Idaho.	USA, Nevada, Oregon, California, Idaho
	2nd edition	2010	Endangered Languages of the United States	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger of Disappearing	108-130	Christopher Moseley		UNESCO	Paris		Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell	Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell. 2010. "Endangered Languages of the United States." In Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger of Disappearing, edited by Christopher Moseley. 108-130. UNESCO.															USA, Nevada, Oregon, California, Idaho		43.0439,-112.4566; 41.9979,-117.7193; 43.5883,-119.0595
			World Oral Literature Project							http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			1,631		1000-9999					Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Northern Paiute

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~700

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,630

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

710

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,631

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~700

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

700

Discussion

Northern Paiute

Language metadata

Language information by source

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~700

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,630

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

710

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,631

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~700

Critically endangered

80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

700

Discussion

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