| Panamint is a language of the Numic subgroup of the Uto-Aztecan language family. It is spoken by a few elderly individuals in eastern California and western Nevada in the area between Beatty, Nevada and Lone Pine, California. There are two dialects--Western and Eastern--differentiated by the loss of /h/ after vowels in the former. This work is a phonology and morphological sketch of the language.;Chapter 1 is a survey of particular problems in Numic phonology and the work that has significantly contributed to the present understanding of those problems. It includes coverage Sapir's (1930) grammar of Southern Paiute, Lamb's (1957) grammar of Northfork Mono, and Miller's work on Shoshoni, in addition to briefer treatments of other contributions. Chapter 2 is a descriptive phonology of Panamint. Chapter 3 is a sketch of the nominal morphology, including nouns, pronouns, demonstratives, postpositions, and adjectives. Chapter 4 is a sketch of the verbal morphology. Chapter 5 is a brief description of future trends in Central Numic research. A brief lexicon is included in the Appendix. |
