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Group of languages spoken by ethnic groups from Arizona, US to Durange, Mexico From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Piman (or Tepiman) refers to a group of languages within the Uto-Aztecan family that are spoken by ethnic groups (including the Pima) spanning from Arizona in the north to Durango, Mexico in the south.
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Tepiman | |
Linguistic classification | Uto-Aztecan
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Glottolog | tepi1240 |
The Piman languages are as follows (Campbell 1997):
Linguistic evidence suggests that the various Piman languages split about a thousand years ago.[1]
Piman languages are agglutinative, where words use suffix complexes for a variety of purposes with several morphemes strung together.
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