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Which groups spoke Central Numic languages in the Great Basin?
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Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin
Kaylei Weed (left) of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe with her two sons and mother, Elaine Ethel Weed, at the Wind River Indian Reservation in 2015.
In the Great Basin, the Central Numic languages are spoken by the Panamint (also known as Koso) and several Shoshone groups.12
These groups include:
- Panamint (Koso)12
- Timbisha2
- Gosiute2
- Western Shoshone2
- Comanche12
While the Comanche originated in the Great Basin, they migrated to the Great Plains during the early colonial period after acquiring horses and are typically classified as an Indigenous people of the Great Plains today.2