Tewa
E292367
Tewa is a group of closely related Tanoan languages spoken by several Pueblo communities in northern New Mexico and parts of Arizona, central to their cultural and ceremonial life.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tewa canonical | 10 |
| Northern Tewa | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
ⓘ
Pueblo language ⓘ Tanoan language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Arizona Tewa
ⓘ
Tano Tewa ⓘ |
| closelyRelatedTo |
Tiwa
ⓘ
Towa ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalSignificance |
central to Pueblo identity
ⓘ
used in ritual speeches ⓘ used in traditional songs and prayers ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Tewa people ⓘ |
| glottocode | tewa1245 ⓘ |
| hasDialects |
Arizona Tewa
ⓘ
Tewa self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Tewa
|
| hasLinguisticFeature |
complex verb inflection
ⓘ
tonal contrasts ⓘ verb-based morphology ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex consonant clusters
ⓘ
contrastive tone ⓘ vowel length distinctions ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | tew ⓘ |
| isPartOf | Pueblo cultural area ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Tanoan ⓘ |
| languageStatus | endangered language ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology |
agglutinative language
ⓘ
head-marking language ⓘ |
| preservationEfforts |
bilingual education initiatives
ⓘ
community language programs ⓘ |
| region |
Arizona
ⓘ
Northern New Mexico ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Hopi First Mesa community
ⓘ
Nambé Pueblo ⓘ
surface form:
Nambe Pueblo
Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo ⓘ Pojoaque Pueblo ⓘ San Ildefonso Pueblo ⓘ San Juan Pueblo ⓘ Santa Clara Pueblo ⓘ Tesuque Pueblo ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Tanoan languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Kiowa–Tanoan languages
|
| usedFor |
ceremonial purposes
ⓘ
everyday communication ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ religious practices ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Northern Tewa