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Name: Ute Alternate Name: Chemehuevi Code: ute-ute Code Authority: LINGUIST List Code Standard: Private Use Families: Uto-Aztecan (Yuta-Nawan) Parent Dialect Group: Ute; Ute-Southern Paiute; Pai Ute; Paviotso; South Paiute; Southern Paiute; Chemehuevi; Chemehuevi (fra); Paiute du sud (fra); "ute (Colorado, Ute méridional)" (fra); "ute (Colorado, Ute des montagnes)" (fra); Ute (Utah) (fra); Uté (Utah) (spa) (ute) Brief Description: "Ute (Colorado and central Utah) is spoken by about 900 people in and around three reservation communities: (1) Southern Ute (Ignacio, Colorado), where there are about 100 first-language speakers, the youngest about 55, out of a total population of 1,300. (2) Ute Mountain Ute (Towaoc, Colorado), where there are about 500 first-language speakers, the youngest about 25, out of a total population of 1,500. (3) Uintah & Ouray (Northern) Ute (Ft. Duchesne, Utah), where there are about 300 first-language speakers, the youngest about 45, out of a total population of 2,000." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 24