Tiwa languages
| Tiwa | |
|---|---|
| Native to | United States |
| Region | New Mexico, Arizona |
| Ethnicity | Tiwa people |
| Native speakers | <3000 (date missing) |
| Language family |
Tanoan
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously: tix – Southern Tiwa twf – Northern Tiwa pie – Piro |
Tiwa /ˈtiːwə/[1] (Spanish Tigua, also E-nagh-magh[2]) is a group of two, possibly three, related Tanoan languages spoken by the Tiwa Pueblo, and possibly Piro Pueblo, groups in the U.S. state of New Mexico.
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Subfamily members and relations [edit]
Southern Tiwa is spoken in Isleta Pueblo, Sandia Pueblo, and Ysleta del Sur Pueblo.
The remaining two languages form a subgrouping known as Northern Tiwa. Northern Tiwa consists of Taos spoken in Taos Pueblo and Picuris spoken in Picuris Pueblo.
The extinct language of Piro Pueblo may also have been Tiwa, but this is uncertain. See Piro language.
History [edit]
After the Pueblo Revolt against the Spanish Conquistadors in 1680, some of the Tigua and Piro fled south with the Spanish to El Paso del Norte (present-day Ciudad Juárez, Mexico). There they founded Ysleta, Texas, Socorro, Texas and Senecú del Sur[3] where their descendants live to this day.[4]
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Notes [edit]
- ^ Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook, Edinburgh
- ^ Lane in Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe (1851-1883) Historical and statistical information respecting the history, condition, and prospects of the Indian tribes of the United States; collected and prepared under the direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs per act of Congress of March 3rd, 1847 Lippincott, Philadelphia, OCLC 6202862
- ^ Marshall, Michael P. and Walt, Henry J., (1984) "Chapter 11: Pre-Revolt Place Names: Senecú" Rio Abajo: Prehistory and History of a Rio Grande Province New Mexico Historic Preservation Division, Santa Fe, p. 252, OCLC 11553460
- ^ Eickhoff, Randy Lee (1996) Exiled: The Tigua Indians of Ysleta del Sur Republic of Texas Press, Plano, Texas, ISBN 1-55622-507-5
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