Towa

E374252

Native American language Pueblo language Tanoan language indigenous language of the United States

Towa is a Native American Tanoan language spoken primarily by the Jemez Pueblo people of northern New Mexico.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Towa canonical	1
Towa Jemez	1

Statements (37)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Native American language ⓘ Pueblo language ⓘ Tanoan language ⓘ indigenous language of the United States ⓘ
associatedWith	Puebloan cultures of the American Southwest ⓘ
belongsTo	Pueblo linguistic area ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalSignificance	central to Jemez Pueblo identity ⓘ
endangermentStatus	threatened ⓘ vulnerable language ⓘ
ethnicity	Pueblo peoples ⓘ surface form: Jemez Pueblo people
hasAlternativeName	Jemez Springs ⓘ surface form: Jemez Towa ⓘ surface form: Towa Jemez Towa language ⓘ
hasLanguageRevitalizationEfforts	community-based programs in Jemez Pueblo ⓘ
hasLinguisticResearch	documented by field linguists in the 20th century ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType	agglutinative language ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	contrastive tone ⓘ glottalized consonants ⓘ
hasSpeakerCommunity	single pueblo community (Jemez) ⓘ
hasSyntacticFeature	verb-final tendencies ⓘ
isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith	Kiowa people ⓘ surface form: Kiowa Tewa ⓘ Tiwa ⓘ
ISO639-3Code	tow ⓘ
languageFamily	Puebloan languages ⓘ surface form: Kiowa–Tanoan
primaryLocation	Jemez Pueblo ⓘ surface form: Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico
region	northern New Mexico ⓘ
spokenBy	Jemez Pueblo ⓘ surface form: Jemez Pueblo community Pueblo peoples ⓘ surface form: Jemez people
spokenIn	Jemez Pueblo ⓘ New Mexico ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
subfamilyOf	Tanoan languages ⓘ surface form: Kiowa–Tanoan language family
usedFor	ceremonial purposes ⓘ daily communication within Jemez Pueblo ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Northern New Mexico → hasLanguageTradition → Towa ⓘ

Towa → hasAlternativeName → Towa ⓘ

this entity surface form: Towa Jemez