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Paiute, Northern

A language of United States

ISO 639-3: pao

Population	1,630 (1999 SIL), decreasing. US Census (2000) lists 25 Northern Paiute, 1,430 Paiute. Ethnic population: 6,000 (1999 SIL).
Region	North Nevada and adjacent areas of Oregon, California, and Idaho. On about twenty reservations spread over 1610 square km.
Language maps	Northwestern United States of America Southwestern United States of America
Alternate names	Paviotso
Dialects	Bannock, North Northern Paiute (Mcdermitt), South Northern Paiute (Yerington-Schurz). Related to Mono [mnr]. Most reservations have their own dialect. Dialects inherently intelligible.
Classification	Uto-Aztecan, Northern Uto-Aztecan, Numic, Western
Language use	Greatest use in McDermitt. Informal language programs in Owens Valley Paiute, language classes, written materials for Gidutikad band. Mainly adults.
Language development	NT: 1985.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

ANDERSON, John L.; ANDERSON, Joy; LANGACKER, Ronald W., authors. 1976. "Non-distinct subjects and objects in Northern Paiute."

ANDERSON, John L.; ANDERSON, Joy; SNAPP, Allen, authors. 1982. "Northern Paiute."  

DICK, Russell; POLDERVAART, Arie; WILLIAMS, Ed, authors. 1987. Yerington Paiute grammar.

LANGACKER, Ronald W., editor. 1982. Uto-Aztecan grammatical sketches: Studies in Uto-Aztecan grammar 3.  

MAXWELL, Michael B., author. 2000. Review of: Texas linguistic forum 40: working papers in phonetics and phonology, Amanda R. Doran, Tivoli Majors and Nisha Merchant Goss, editors.

POLDERVAART, Arie, compiler. 1987. Paiute-English, English-Paiute dictionary.

Vernacular Publications

Natches natuwengapu yise pooha hoobeadoopu. 1982.

Tamme Babeʼe Unu Ohubu. 1982.