The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: UTE
ISO 639-2: nai
| Population | 1,984 speakers including 20 monolinguals (1990 census), out of 5,000 population (1977 SIL), including 3 Chemehuevi (1990 census). |
| Region | Ute in southwestern Colorado and southeastern and northeastern Utah; Southern Paiute in southwestern Utah, northern Arizona, and southern Nevada; Chemehuevi on lower Colorado River, California. |
| Dialects | SOUTHERN PAIUTE, UTE, CHEMEHUEVI. |
| Classification | Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan, Numic, Southern. |
| Comments | Most adults speak the language but most younger ones do not. Literacy rate in first language: Below 1%. Literacy rate in second language: 75% to 100%. |
