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Jemez language

Jemez language

language
name=Jemez, Towa
nativename=
familycolor=American
states=United States
region=New Mexico
speakers=1300
fam1=Kiowa-Tanoan
iso2=
lc1=tow|ld1=Towa|ll1=Towa language

Jemez (also Towa) is a Kiowa-Tanoan language spoken by the Jemez Pueblo people in New Mexico. It has no written form, as tribal rules do not allow it.

Demographics

Its speakers are mainly farmers and craftsmen. The language is only spoken in Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico, but as 90% of the tribal Jemez members do speak it, it is not considered to be extremely endangered.

Bibliography

* Bell, Alan. (1993). Jemez tones and stress. "Colorado Research in Linguistics", "12", 26-34. (Boulder, CO: University of Colorado at Boulder).

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tow "Ethnologue report for Towa"]
* [http://www.native-languages.org/towa.htm Towa (Jemez) language at native-languages.org]
* [http://www.jemezpueblo-drp.org/POJ.htm The Pueblo of Jemez - Department of Resource Protection]
* [http://www.fourdir.com/pecos.htm Pecos Pueblos resources]


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