Uto-Aztecan languages

language family
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Uto-Aztecan or Uto-Aztekan is a language family of the Americas. It consists of over 30 languages. Almost all of the Uto-Aztecan languages are found in the Western United States and Mexico. The name of the language family was given to show that it links the Ute language of Utah and the Aztecan languages of Mexico. The language of the Aztecs and its modern relatives are part of the Uto-Aztecan family.

Uto-Aztecan
Geographic
distribution:
Western United States, Mexico
Linguistic classification:Uto-Aztecan
Proto-language:Proto-Uto-Aztecan
Subdivisions:
Ethnologue code:17-1066
ISO 639-5:azc

Pre-Columbian distribution of northern Uto-Aztecan languages