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Numic languages
Numic ( or ) is the northernmost branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family. It includes seven languages spoken by Native American peoples traditionally living in the Great Basin, Colorado River basin, Snake River basin, and southern Great Plains. The word "Numic" comes from the cognate word in all Numic languages for "person", which reconstructs to Proto-Numic as . For example, in the three Central Numic languages and the two Western Numic languages, the word for "person" is . In Kawaiisu, it is , and in Colorado River, it is , , and .
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Numic ( or ) is the northernmost branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family. It includes seven languages spoken by Native American peoples traditionally living in the Great Basin, Colorado River basin, Snake River basin, and southern Great Plains. The word "Numic" comes from the cognate word in all Numic languages for "person", which reconstructs to Proto-Numic as . For example, in the three Central Numic languages and the two Western Numic languages, the word for "person" is . In Kawaiisu, it is , and in Colorado River, it is , , and .
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