Kawaiisu language

Kawaiisu is a member of the Southern Numic division of the Uto-Aztecan language family.

The Kawaiisu homeland was bordered by speakers of non-Numic Uto-Aztecan languages: the Kitanemuk to the south spoke Takic, the Tubatulabal to the north spoke Tubatulabal, the Yokuts to the west were non-Uto-Aztecan.

Because they shared the Southern Numic language, the Chemehuevi to the east are considered the closest relatives to Kawaiisu.

The remaining Kawaiisu speakers live in the Tehachapi area of California.

Kawaiisu is an agglutinative language, in which words use suffix complexes for a variety of purposes with several morphemes strung together.