Jemez > LINGUIST List Language Search
Name:
Jemez
Type:
Language
Alternate Names:
Towa; Tanoan
Spoken in:
USA
Number of speakers:
1,300 (1990 census), decreasing. 6 monolinguals (1990). Listed as Towa in US Census (2000). Ethnic population: 2,009 (2000 census)
(Ethnologue)
Number of speakers:
3000
(UNESCO)
Number of speakers:
1301
(World Oral Literature Project)
Code:
tow
Code Standard:
ISO 639-3
Documentation:
SIL
Families:
Kiowa-Tanoan (Kiowa Tanoan)
Parent Subgroup:
Jemez; Towa (towa)
Brief Description:
"Jemez, sometimes known as Towa, is the Kiowa-Tanoan language of the Pueblo of Jemez (pronounced Hay-mis), 45 miles northwest of Albuquerque. The residents of the former Pueblo of Pecos, east of Santa Fe, moved to Jemez early in the nineteenth century and some Pecos descendants retain separate traditions and - to an undocumented extent - a distinctive variety of Towa. Nearly the entire Jemez population of about 3,000 speaks the language, including most children." Victor Golla, Atlas of the World's Languages 2007 pg. 16
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Endangerment Status
UNESCO Status: Vulnerable Ethnologue Status: Not listed Sutherland's Red List: Not listed
Map of Jemez
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