Uto-Aztecan family

Shoshoni

1500 CE – today Living

Shoshoni (1500 CE – today) is a living Uto-Aztecan language. Lineage: Proto-Uto-Aztecan → Proto-Numic → Shoshoni.

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Speakers
1K (1,000)
ISO 639-3
shh
Glottocode
shos1248

Central Numic, spoken across Nevada, Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. Endangered.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Uto-Aztecanc. 3,000 BCE – 2,000 BCE
  2. Proto-Numicc. 500 CE – 1200 CE
  3. Shoshoni1500 CE – today

Sister languages 1

Also descended from Proto-Numic.

Sources