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Name:
Southern Tiwa
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Tiwa; Tiwa (Southern); Tiwa, Southern; Isleta-Sandia; Isleta
Spoken in:
USA
Number of speakers:
1,630 (1980 census), decreasing. 1,588 Isleta speakers (1980 US census). 43 Sandia (1990 US census) out of 220 population. US Census (2000) list 2,185 “Tiwa”. Ethnic population: 2,469 (1980 census) including 2,249 Isleta, 220 Sandia (1990 census)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
3200
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
1631
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
tix
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Kiowa-Tanoan (Kiowa Tanoan)
Parent Subgroup:
Tiwa (tiwa)
Child Dialects:
Ysleta del Sur (tix-ysl)
Isleta-Sandia; Isleta; Isleta Pueblo (tix-isl)
Isleta-Sandia; Sandia (tix-san)
Brief Description:
"Southern Tiwa is a Kiowa-Tanoan language spoken by members of the Pueblos of Sandia and Isleta, on the Rio Grande near Albuquerque, New Mexico. At Sandia Pueblo, 15 miles north of Albuquerque, only middle-aged and elderly people are fully fluent, although some younger people use the language and at least a few children still acquire it. In all there are about 100 speakers in a total population of about 500. At Isleta Pueblo, 15 miles south of Albuquerque, there are approximately 1,500 speakers in a membership of about 4,000." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 23
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Definitely endangered Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Southern Tiwa
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