Tiwa languages

Tiwa
Tigua
EthnicityTiwa
Geographic
distribution
4 Pueblos throughout New Mexico, Arizona, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo in El Paso, Texas
Linguistic classificationTanoan
  • Tiwa
Subdivisions
Glottologtiwa1255

Tiwa /ˈtwə/[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, in the U.S. state of New Mexico.

  1. ^ Laurie Bauer, 2007, The Linguistics Student’s Handbook, Edinburgh
  2. ^ 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

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