The name Comanche comes from the Ute word kɨmantsi 'enemy, stranger'. The Comanche language and the Shoshoni language are therefore quite similar, but certain consonant changes in Comanche have inhibited mutual intelligibility. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA.Ĭomanche ( English: / k ə ˈ m æ n tʃ i/, endonym Nʉmʉ Tekwapʉ̲) is a Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Comanche people, who split from the Shoshone people soon after the Comanche had acquired horses around 1705.
Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Comanche is classified as Severely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
