Uto-Aztecan languages

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Pre-contact distribution of Uto-Aztecan languages (note: this map does not show the distribution in Mesoamerica)

The Uto-Aztecan (also Uto-Aztekan) is 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 Aztecs, 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 language

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, Nahuatlan)

19. Pochutec (a.k.a. Pochutla)^†

A. General Aztec

: 20. Nahuatl

: 21. Pipil

VII. Corachol (a.k.a Coran)

22. Huichol

A. Cora

: 23. Cora

: 24. Santa Teresa Cora

VIII. Taracahitic

A. Tarahumaran

: 25. Guarijío

: 26. Tarahumara

:* Tarahumara Baja

:* Tarahumara Central

:* Tarahumara Sureste

:* Tarahumara Norte

:* Tarahumara Suroueste

B. Sonoran

: 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 (a.k.a. Tepecano)^†

^† extinct

The term Aztecoidan refers to Alden Mason's sub-grouping of the Aztecan and Corachol branches.

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.

External link

[Ethnologue:Uto-Aztecan]

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