Gosiute is a dialect of the endangered Shoshoni language historically spoken by the Goshute people of the American Great Basin in modern Nevada and Utah.

[6] Miller additionally reported that younger speakers tended to use Gosiute most, though noted that such a tendency could be a function of the development of English proficiency with age.

[7] By 1994, language transmission to youth on the under 18 on the Goshute Reservation had become uncommon although fluent speakers represented the majority of the tribal members over 26 years of age.

[3][4] Although a few children in Goshute communities continue to learn the dialect as their first language, the majority of fluent speakers are over 50.

[15] The description of Shoshoni in Volume 17 of the Handbook of North American Indians is based on the Gosiute dialect.