Piman languages

"Piman" redirects here. For the village in Iran, see Piman, Iran.
Piman
Tepiman
Linguistic classificationUto-Aztecan
Subdivisions
  • O'odham
  • Pima Bajo/O'ob
  • Tepehuan
  • Tepecano
Language codes
Glottologtepi1240

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.

The Piman languages are as follows (Campbell 1997):

1. O'odham (also known as Pima language, Papago language)
2. O'ob (also known as Mountain Pima, Lowland Pima)
3. O'otham (also known as Tepehuán proper, Southwestern Tepehuán, Southeastern Tepehuán)
4. Tepecano (†)

Linguistic evidence suggests that the various Piman languages split about a thousand years ago.[1]

  1. ^ Sheridan, Thomas E. (26 May 2016). Landscapes of Fraud: Mission Tumacácori, the Baca Float, and the Betrayal of the O’odham. University of Arizona Press. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-0-8165-3441-8.