Northern Paiute language
| Northern Paiute | |
|---|---|
| Paviotso | |
| Numu, nɨɨmɨ | |
| Native to | United States |
| Region | Nevada, California, Oregon, Idaho |
| Ethnicity | 6,000 Northern Paiute and Bannock (1999) |
Native speakers | 700 (2007) |
Uto-Aztecan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | pao |
| Glottolog | nort2954 |
| ELP | Northern Paiute |
Map showing the traditional geographic distribution of Northern Paiute and Mono | |
Northern Paiute is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. | |
Northern Paiute /ˈpaɪuːt/, endonym Numu or nɨɨmɨ, also known as Paviotso, is a Western Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family, which according to Marianne Mithun had around 500 fluent speakers in 1994. It is closely related to the Mono language.