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The Uto-Aztecan (or '''Uto-Aztekan''') '''languages''' are a Native American Language Family . The Uto-Aztecan languages are found from the Great Basin of the western United States ( Oregon , Idaho , Utah , California , Nevada , Arizona ), through Mexico . Utah is named after the indigenous Uto-Aztecan Ute people. Classical Nahuatl , the language of the Aztec s, and its modern successors are part of the Uto-Aztecan family.


Family division


Uto-Aztecan consists of 33 languages.

I. Hopi
: 1. Hopi

II. Tubatulabal
: 2. Tubatulabal

III. Tubar
: 3. Tubar ''(†)''

IV. Numic (a.k.a. Plateau)
: A. Central Numic
:: 4. Comanche
:: 5. Shoshone
:: 6. Timbisha
: B. Southern Numic
:: 7. Kawaiisu
:: 8. Ute
: C. Western Numic
:: 9. Mono
:: 10. Northern Paiute

V. Takic (a.k.a. Southern California)
: 11. Tongva (a.k.a. Gabrieleño) ''(†)''
: 12. Tataviam ''(†)''
: A. Cupan
:: 13. Cahuilla
:: 14. Cupeño
:: 15. Juaneño ''(†)''
:: 16. Luiseño
: B. Serran
:: 17. Kitanemuk ''(†)''
:: 18. Serrano ''(†)''

VI. Aztecan (a.k.a. Nahuatl)
: 19. Pochutec ''(†)''
: A. General Aztec
:: 20. Nahuatl
:: 21. Pipil

VII. Corachol
: 22. Huichol
: A. Cora
:: 23. Cora
:: 24. Santa Teresa Cora

VIII. Taracahitic
: A. Tarahumaran
:: 25. Guarijío
:: 26. Tarahumara

:: 27. Opata (a.k.a. Ópata) ''(†)''
: A. Cáhita
:: 28. Mayo
:: 29. Yaqui

IX. Piman (a.k.a. Pimic, Tepiman)
:: 30. O'odham (a.k.a. Pima Language , Papago Language )
:: 31. Pima Bajo (a.k.a. Mountain Pima)
:: 32. Northern Tepehuan
:: 33. Southern Tepehuan ''(†)''

Tubar, Gabrieleño, Tataviam, Juaneño, Kitanemuk, Serrano, Pochutec, Opata, and Southern Tepehuan are now Extinct .


References

  • Campbell, Lyle. (1979). Middle American languages. In L. Campbell & M. Mithun (Eds.), ''The languages of native America: Historical and comparative assessment'' (pp. 902-1000). Austin: University of Texas Press.

  • Miller, Wick. (1983). Uto-Aztecan languages. In W. C. Sturtevant (Ed.), ''Handbook of North American Indians'' (Vol. 10, pp. 113-124). Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution.

  • Mithun, Marianne. (1999). ''The languages of Native North America''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-23228-7 (hbk); ISBN 0-521-29875-X.

  • Steele, Susan. (1979). Uto-Aztecan: An assessment for historical and comparative linguistics. In L. Campbell & M. Mithun (Eds.), ''The languages of native America: Historical and comparative assessment'' (pp. 444-544). Austin: University of Texas Press.

  • Súarez, Jorge. (1983). ''The Mesoamerican Indian languages''. Cambridge University Press.



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