Tiwa
E290819
Tiwa is a Tanoan language spoken by several Pueblo communities in northern New Mexico and southern Colorado, central to their cultural and ceremonial life.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tiwa canonical | 5 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tanoan language
ⓘ
language ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| ethnicity |
Pueblo peoples
ⓘ
surface form:
Tiwa Pueblo people
|
| hasPhonologicalFeature | contrastive tone (in some analyses) ⓘ |
| hasVariety |
Northern Tiwa
ⓘ
Southern Tiwa ⓘ |
| isCentralTo |
Tiwa ceremonial life
ⓘ
Tiwa cultural life ⓘ |
| languageBranch |
Puebloan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Kiowa–Tanoan
|
| languageCodeISO3 | tix ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Tanoan languages ⓘ |
| morphologyType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| region |
Northern New Mexico
ⓘ
Southern Colorado ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Tiwa (India) language (not mutually intelligible)
ⓘ
Pueblo peoples ⓘ
surface form:
Tiwa Pueblo people
|
| spokenIn |
Isleta Pueblo
ⓘ
Picuris Pueblo ⓘ Pueblo communities ⓘ Sandia Pueblo ⓘ Taos Pueblo ⓘ |
| status | endangered language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Tiwa languages ⓘ |
| syntax | SOV word order (tendency) ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication within Pueblo communities
ⓘ
religious ceremonies ⓘ traditional oral narratives ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.