- 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 languageJemez (also Towa) is a
Kiowa-Tanoan language spoken by theJemez Pueblo people inNew Mexico . It has no written form, as tribal rules do not allow it.Demographics
Its speakers are mainly
farmer s andcraftsmen . The language is only spoken inJemez 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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