Jemez language
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Jemez (also Towa) is a Tanoan language spoken by the Jemez Pueblo people in New Mexico. It has no common written form, as tribal rules do not allow the language to be transcribed; linguists describing the language use the Americanist phonetic notation.[2]
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Jemez | |
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Towa | |
Native to | United States |
Region | New Mexico |
Ethnicity | Jemez Pueblo |
Native speakers | 3,000 (2007)[1] |
Tanoan
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | tow |
Glottolog | jeme1245 |
ELP | Jemez |
Linguasphere | 64-CBA-a |
Towa language distribution in the State of New Mexico | |
Jemez is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger |
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