Documentation:RelLex/Northern Paiute Language Project
Northern Paiute Language Project
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Language Name
Northern Paiute.
Alternate Language Names
Numu, Paviotso.
Region
California, Nevada, Oregon, and Idaho, United States.
Who
The University of California.
Others Involved
Toza Gracie Dick (Traditionalist from Coleville, Mono Lake, Benton, Sweetwater, and Bridgeport Paiute); Edith McCann (Traditionalist Elder from Bridgeport and Mono Lake Paiute); Madeline Stevens (Traditionalist Elder from Bridgeport and Sweetwater Paiute); Maziar Toosarvandani (Assistant Professor, University of California, Santa Cruz Linguistics); Molly Babel, Leona Cluette Dick, Andrew Garrett, Erin Haynes, Michael Houser, Morris Jack, Reiko Kataoka, Elaine Lundy, Edna Meg Dick McDonald (Past participants); Council of Learned Societies, American Philosophical Society, Foundation for Endangered Languages, Hellman Fellows Fund, Jacobs Research Fund, Sven and Astrid Liljeblad Endowment Fund in Great Basin Studies, Survey of California and Other Indian Languages, University of California, Santa Cruz (Support).
Publishing Information
This project began in 2005 and was most recently updated in 2024.
How People are Cited
Speakers and contributors are cited on the home page under The Project. Speakers’ full names are listed along with audio files.
How Information is Cited
Speakers are cited by name under The Project and beside their audio files.
Where is Information Coming from
Entries and audio files used in this dictionary come from speakers.
Tools and Framework used
This is a multimedia website that includes audio files, and a filtered search function.
Access
This dictionary is open access online.
Included Languages and Directionality
Northern Paiute to English.
Dialects Included
This dictionary represents four dialects: Bridgeport, Burns, Mono Lake, Walker River.
Type of Dictionary
This is a bilingual, bidirectional online dictionary.
How are Entries Organised
The Search Dictionary section allows the viewer to search individual words in Paiute or English or to search alphabetized lists by typing the starting letter. Searches can be filtered by orthography and by dialect. Viewers can select only one orthography (either linguistic or community convention) and one dialect per search. Entries begin with the headword followed by its part of speech, and its English definition. Included in each entry are related word examples and sentence examples with audio files.
Other Features
| Feature | Included | More Information |
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| Guide to use and understand | ✅ | Description of the language included on the homepage, instructions for dictionary under Helpful Tips |
| Audio | ✅ | |
| Images | ❌ | |
| Example phrases | ✅ | Under Examples on expanded entry |
| Speakers marked | ✅ | Marked in brackets beside entry |
| Dialects marked | ✅ | Users can sort by dialect from the search function |
Other Notes
As of mid 2024, a Texts section is under development. When complete, this section will contain stories, myths, narratives, conversations, and more.
External Links
Northern Paiute Language Project website: https://paiute.ucsc.edu/