Towa language

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Towa is a Native American language spoken by the Towa (Jemez) people of New Mexico and is part of the Puebloan language family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American language
Puebloan language
indigenous language of the United States
alternateName Jemez language
Towa NERFINISHED
Towa (Jemez) NERFINISHED
endangermentStatus vulnerable language
geographicDistribution north-central New Mexico
hasBasicWordOrder SOV
hasCommunityControlOverDocumentation strong
hasCulturalAssociation Jemez Pueblo traditions
Puebloan peoples NERFINISHED
hasEthnologueEntry Towa [tow]
hasGlottocode jeme1242
hasGlottologName Jemez NERFINISHED
hasISO6393Code tow
hasLanguagePolicyContext subject to U.S. indigenous language policies
hasMorphologyType agglutinative language
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate a few thousand speakers
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone
glottalized consonants
nasal vowels
hasRevitalizationEffort community-based language programs
school-based instruction at Jemez Pueblo
hasStandardizedOrthography community-developed orthography
isDocumentedIn linguistic fieldwork studies
isImportantFor maintenance of Jemez identity
isOfficialLanguageOf none
isPrimarilyOral true
isRecognizedBy linguists as part of the Kiowa–Tanoan family
isRelatedTo Kiowa language NERFINISHED
Tewa language NERFINISHED
Tiwa languages NERFINISHED
isSpokenNativelyBy most residents of Jemez Pueblo
isUsedFor daily communication in Jemez Pueblo
oral storytelling
traditional ceremonies
languageFamily Kiowa–Tanoan languages NERFINISHED
Puebloan languages NERFINISHED
primaryRegion Sandoval County, New Mexico NERFINISHED
spokenBy Jemez people NERFINISHED
Towa people NERFINISHED
spokenIn New Mexico NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States
spokenInCommunity Jemez Pueblo NERFINISHED
subfamily Tanoan languages NERFINISHED
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (4)

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Towa hasAlternativeName Towa language
New Mexican Spanish hasInfluenceFrom Towa language
Puebloan languages includes Towa language
Pecos Valley languageHeritage Towa language