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Pima-Papago, aka 'O'odham ñeok, is spoken by at least ten thousand people, possibly even more. Note though that there are some problems of definition here:

  • Pima and Papago are close enough in mutual intelligibility to be seen as dialects of one language, the speakers themselves prefer to see them as two distinct albeit related languages.
  • Very closely related varieties are spoken in adjacent areas of Mexico, and it is again a question of definition whether you want to see them as dialects or languages.

While UNESCO classifies Pima-Papago as a definitely endangered language, it has more speakers as many other Native American languages, and thanks to the indigenous linguist and poet Ofelia Zepeda, there is a very good learning grammar of this language (available as PDF somewhere on the internet). It is a Uto-Aztecan language, and thus does not have tonality, so it is easier to learn from a book than many other Native American languages.

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