Shoshoni language

Shoshoni, also written as Shoshoni-Gosiute and Shoshone (/ʃoʊˈʃoʊni/;[2] Shoshoni: soni' ta̲i̲kwappe, newe ta̲i̲kwappe or neme ta̲i̲kwappeh) is a Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family, spoken in the Western United States by the Shoshone people. Shoshoni is primarily spoken in the Great Basin, in areas of Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and Idaho.[3]^: 1

Shoshoni
Sosoni' ta̲i̲kwappe, Neme ta̲i̲kwappeh
Native to	United States
Region	Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Idaho
Ethnicity	Shoshone people
Native speakers	1,000 (2007)[1] 1,000 additional non-fluent speakers (2007)[1]
Language family	Uto-Aztecan Numic Central Numic Shoshoni
Early form	Proto-Numic
Dialects	Western Shoshoni Northern Shoshoni Gosiute Eastern Shoshoni
Writing system	Latin
Language codes
ISO 639-3	shh
Glottolog	shos1248
ELP	Shoshone
Map of the Shoshoni (and Timbisha) languages prior to European contact
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The consonant inventory of Shoshoni is rather small, but a much wider range of surface forms of these phonemes appear in the spoken language. The language has six vowels, distinguished by length.[3]^: 3 Shoshoni is a strongly suffixing language, and it inflects for nominal number and case and for verbal aspect and tense using suffixes. Word order is relatively free but shows a preference toward SXV order.[4]

The endonyms newe ta̲i̲kwappe and Sosoni' ta̲i̲kwappe mean "the people's language" and "the Shoshoni language," respectively.[5]^: 5, 176 Shoshoni is classified as threatened, although attempts at revitalization are underway.[6]