Also Known As:
Ute-Southern Paiute, Pai Ute, Paviotso, South Paiute, Southern Paiute, Chemehuevi, Ute-Chemehuevi
Dialects & Varieties
- Ute
- Chemehuevi
- Ute-Chemehuevi
- Southern Paiute
Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)
Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)
Endangered
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1980
Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission 3
Some adults in the community are speakers, but the language is not spoken by children.
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Speakers
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Location and Context
Countries
USA: Utah, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, California, New Mexico
Location Description
Ute in southwest Colorado, southeast and northeast; Southern Paiute in southwest Utah, north Arizona, and south Nevada; Chemehuevi on lower Colorado River, California.
Ute dialect: southwest Colorado, and southeast and northeast Utah; Southern Paiute dialect: southwest Utah, north Arizona, and south Nevada; northwest New Mexico; Chemehuevi dialect on lower Colorado river, California.
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
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Other Languages Used By The Community
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Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Recent Resources
A short list of basic Paiute words translated to English
Illustrated story about bug bites narrated in the Ute Mountain Ute language
Traditional story about the Creator and the Coyote narrated in Ute Mountain Ute language