Panamint
[aka Panamint Shoshone, Tümpisa Shoshone, Timbisha]Classification: Uto-Aztecan
·severely endangered
- PLACES
- USA, California, Nevada
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Panamint Shoshone, Tümpisa Shoshone, Timbisha, Death Valley, Tümpisa, Koso, Coso, Koso Shoshone, |
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Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan, Numic |
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Language information by source
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Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing
Information from: “Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger” . Christopher Moseley (ed.) (2010) UNESCO Publishing
Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)” . M. Paul Lewis · SIL International
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Severely endangered
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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20
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100
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20. Ethnic population: 100 (1998 J. McLaughlin).
(Unchanged 2016 [Golla 2007].)
- DATE OF INFO
- 1998
- PLACES
- USA, California, Nevada
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Southeast California, southern Owens Valley area around Owens Lake Coso Range, southwest of Darwin, and Little Lake area, southern Eureka Valley, southwest of Lida in Nevada, Saline Valley and eastern slopes of Inyo Mountains, Argus Range south of Darwin, northern Panamint Valley and Panamint Mountains north and central Death Valley, Grapevine Mountains and Funeral Range on California-Nevada border, west and southwest of Beatty, Nevada, Amargosa Desert, and area around Beatty.
- ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Southeast California, Owens Lake, Coso Range, southern Owens Valley area, southwest of Darwin; southern Eureka Valley, Little Lake area; Nevada southwest of Lida, Saline valley; eastern slopes of Inyo mountains, Argus range south of Darwin, northern Panamint valley; Panamint mountains; north and central Death Valley; Grapevine mountains; Funeral Range on California-Nevada border; west and southwest of Beatty, Nevada, Amargosa Desert, and Beatty area.
Information from: “The World Atlas of Language Structures” . Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer · Oxford University Press
Information from: “Endangered Languages of the United States” (108-130) . Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell (2010) , Christopher Moseley · UNESCO
- PLACES
- USA, California, Nevada
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
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Severely endangered
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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<20
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All are elderly.
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The “pure” Eastern and Western dialects from Lone Pine and Beatty are almost extinct. The majority of no more than 20 speakers speak the Timbisha variety and all are elderly. There are very few, if any, passive speakers since there is a strong tendency to marry outside the tribe.
- PLACES
- USA, California, Nevada
- ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
Eastern Panamint includes the community around Beatty, Nevada. Western Panamint includes the communities permanently living in Lone Pine and Darwin, California. The Timbisha community in Death Valley and Lone Pine is transitional between Eastern and Western Panamint.