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O'odham (pronounced ) or Papago-Pima is a Uto-Aztecan language of southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico, where the Tohono O'odham (formerly called the Papago) and Pima reside. In 2000 there were estimated to be approximately 9,750 speakers in the United States and Mexico combined, although there may be more due to under-reporting. It is the 10th most-spoken indigenous language in the United States, the 3rd most-spoken indigenous language in Arizona after Apache and Navajo. It is the 3rd most-spoken language in Pinal County and the 4th most-spoken language in Pima County. Approximately 8% of O'odham speakers in the US speak English "not well" or "not at all", according to results of the 2000 Census. Approximately 13% of O'odham speakers in the US were between the ages of 5 and 17, and among the younger O'odham speakers, approximately 4% were reported as speaking English "not well" or "not at all". Native names for the language, depending on the dialect and orthography, include ''Oʼodham ha-ñeʼokĭ'', ''Oʼottham ha-neoki'', and ''Oʼodham ñiok''. ==Dialects== The O'dham language has a number of dialects.〔Saxton, Dean, Saxton, Lucille, & Enos, Susie. (1983). ''Dictionary: Tohono O'odham/Pima to English, English to Tohono O'odham/Pima''. Tucson, AZ: The University of Arizona Press〕 * Tohono O'odham * * Cukuḍ Kuk * * Gigimai * * Hu:huʼula * * Huhuwoṣ * * Totoguañ * Akimel O'odham * * Eastern Gila * * Kohadk * * Salt River * * Western Gila * Hia C-ed O'odham * * ? Due to the paucity of data on the linguistic varieties of the Hia C-ed O'odham, this section currently focuses on the Tohono O'odham and Akimel O'odham dialects only. The greatest lexical and grammatical dialectal differences are between the Tohono O'odham (or Papago) and the Akimel O'odham (or Pima) dialect groupings. Some examples: There are other major dialectal differences between northern and southern dialects, for example: The Cukuḍ Kuk dialect has null in certain positions where other Tohono O'odham dialects have a bilabial: 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「O'odham language」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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