Northern Paiute /ˈpaɪuːt/,[2] endonym Numu or nɨɨmɨ,[3][4] also known as Paviotso, is a Western Numic language of the Uto-Aztecan family, which according to Marianne Mithun had around 500 fluent speakers in 1994.

[6] In 2013, Washoe County, Nevada became the first school district in Nevada to offer Northern Paiute classes, offering an elective course in the language at Spanish Springs High School.

[8] Elder Ralph Burns of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Reservation worked with University of Nevada, Reno linguist Catherine Fowler to help develop a spelling system.

They have also developed a language-learning book, “Numa Yadooape,” and a series of computer disks of language lessons.

[9] Northern Paiute is an agglutinative language, in which words use suffix complexes for a variety of purposes with several morphemes strung together.