Numic is the northernmost branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family. It includes seven languages spoken by Native American peoples traditionally living in the Great Basin, Colorado River basin, Snake River basin, and southern Great Plains.
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Number of Languages RegionGreat Basin, Colorado River basin, Snake River basin, and southern Great Plains 2 In the Other Atlases
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1. Glottolog: Numic (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 7
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
View the Source 2. Numic languages - Wikipedia
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spoken by Native American peoples traditionally living in the Great Basin, Colorado River basin, Snake River basin, and southern Great Plains
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The word "Numic" comes from the cognate word in all Numic languages for "person", which reconstructs to Proto-Numic as /*nɨmɨ/.
View the SourceWikidata: Numic
Wikidata Q2657541, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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