Illustrated story about bug bites narrated in the Ute Mountain Ute language
Also Known As:
Ute-Southern Paiute, Pai Ute, Paviotso, South Paiute, Southern Paiute, Chemehuevi, Ute-Chemehuevi
Dialects & Varieties
- Ute
- Chemehuevi
- Ute-Chemehuevi
- Southern Paiute
North America
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.
Endangered
80 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~3,500
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 4
Less than half of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing at an accelerated pace.
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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
Location Description
Ute-Chemehuevi is a dialect chain within Southern Numic that extends from central Colorado westward across Utah and southern Nevada to the eastern Mojave Desert in California. There are three major regional varieties, all mutually intelligible: Ute (Colorado and central Utah) in and around 3 reservation Communities: (1) Southern Ute (Ignacio, Colorado); (2) Ute Mountain Ute (Towaoc, Colorado); (3) Uintah & Ouray (Northern) Ute (Ft. Duchesne, Utah). Southern Paiute (southern Utah and Nevada) is spoken in ten widely separated communities in Utah, Arizona, and Nevada. The five Utah communities constitute the Paiute Tribe of Utah. The San Juan Paiute Tribe is settled on the Navajo Reservation in Utah and Arizona. The Kaibab Paiute Tribe, with a reservation north of the Grand Canyon. The 3 southern Nevada tribes (Moapa, Las Vegas, and Pahrump). Chemehuevi (southern California) is spoken on the Colorado River Indian Reservation at Parker, Arizona (which the Chemehuevis share with Mohaves, Navajos, and Hopis), and on the neighboring Chemehuevi Reservation in California.
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Other Languages Used By The Community
English
Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Writing Systems
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Recent Resources
Traditional story about the Creator and the Coyote narrated in Ute Mountain Ute language
A short list of basic Paiute words translated to English