Tewa (Ancestral Puebloan-related)
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Tewa (Ancestral Puebloan-related) is a Tanoan language historically spoken by Pueblo peoples of the Rio Grande region in what is now New Mexico.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tsi-pʼin-owinge (in Tewa contexts, for the broader area) | 1 |
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
ⓘ
Tanoan language ⓘ indigenous language of the United States ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Puebloan cultural traditions ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroFamilyHypothesis | sometimes grouped in speculative Penutian-related or Aztec–Tanoan hypotheses (not widely accepted) ⓘ |
| continent | North America ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| culturalContext |
used in Pueblo ceremonial and religious life
ⓘ
used in traditional oral narratives ⓘ |
| documentation | described in 20th- and 21st-century linguistic studies ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Tewa people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution | north-central New Mexico ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Tewa (Tanoan)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tewa language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDialect | varieties associated with individual Tewa Pueblos ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticRelation | related to Tiwa and Towa within Tanoan family ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature |
complex verb morphology
ⓘ
contrastive tone ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticFeature |
intergenerational transmission under pressure from English
ⓘ
primarily oral language with limited written tradition ⓘ |
| historicallySpokenBy | Pueblo peoples of the Rio Grande NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isDistinctFrom |
Keresan languages
ⓘ
Navajo language NERFINISHED ⓘ Tiwa languages ⓘ Towa language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Northern Tanoan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Tanoan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageRevitalization | community-based programs in New Mexico Pueblos ⓘ |
| languageTypology | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| linguisticArea | American Southwest linguistic area ⓘ |
| region | Rio Grande region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo | Ancestral Puebloans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Northern Rio Grande Pueblos
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pueblo communities along the Rio Grande ⓘ |
| state | New Mexico ⓘ |
| status | endangered language ⓘ |
| subfamily | Kiowa–Tanoan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeDepth | spoken in the Rio Grande region since pre-contact times ⓘ |
| usedBy | Tewa-speaking Pueblo communities ⓘ |
| usedIn | traditional place names in the Rio Grande region ⓘ |
| wordOrder | SOV-dominant word order ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script (for modern documentation) ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tsi-pʼin-owinge (in Tewa contexts, for the broader area)