Tanoan languages

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The Tanoan languages are a family of Native American languages spoken by several Pueblo and related Indigenous groups in the Southwestern United States.

All labels observed (8)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American language family
language family
areEndangered true
areIndigenousTo North America
associatedWithCulture Pueblo culture
associatedWithEthnicity Tanoan peoples
geneticRelation Kiowa language
hasMemberLanguage Jemez language
Northern Tiwa
Picurís language
Southern Tiwa
Tanoan Pueblo languages
linked to: Tanoan languages

Taos language
Tewa
Tiwa language
Towa
languageBranchOf Kiowa–Tanoan languages
linked to: Tanoan languages
languageFamilyOf Tewa language
Tiwa languages
Towa language
primaryCountry United States
region Rio Grande Valley
linked to: Rio Grande valley
spokenAt Isleta Pueblo
Jemez Pueblo
Nambe Pueblo
linked to: Nambé Pueblo

Picurís Pueblo
linked to: Picuris Pueblo

Pojoaque Pueblo
San Ildefonso Pueblo
San Juan Pueblo
Sandia Pueblo
Santa Clara Pueblo
Taos Pueblo
Tesuque Pueblo
spokenBy Pueblo peoples
Tewa people
Tiwa people
Towa people
spokenIn Arizona
New Mexico
Southwestern United States
status severely endangered (some member languages)
subfamily Tewa language
Tiwa languages
Towa language
typologicalFeature complex verb morphology
use of tone or pitch accent (in some languages)
verb-final word order (in many varieties)
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Puebloan languages includes Tanoan languages
Puebloan languages hasSubgroup Kiowa–Tanoan languages
linked to: Tanoan languages
Jemez Pueblo languageFamily Kiowa–Tanoan languages
linked to: Tanoan languages
Pueblo peoples languageFamily Tanoan languages
Kiowa people languageFamily Tanoan languages
Tiwa languageFamily Tanoan languages
Tewa subclassOf Kiowa–Tanoan languages
linked to: Tanoan languages
Picuris Pueblo hasLanguageFamily Tanoan languages
Pecos Pueblo languageFamily Tanoan languages
North American language family includes Tanoan languages
Zuni language hasLoanwordsFrom Tanoan languages
Towa subfamilyOf Kiowa–Tanoan language family
linked to: Tanoan languages
San Geronimo Church languageOfLiturgy Tiwa (Taos language)
linked to: Tanoan languages
Tewa language family Tanoan language family
linked to: Tanoan languages
Eastern Keres hasAlternativeName Eastern Keres Pueblo language
linked to: Tanoan languages
Towa language languageFamily Kiowa–Tanoan languages
linked to: Tanoan languages
Towa language subfamily Tanoan languages
Tewa (Ancestral Puebloan-related) subfamily Kiowa–Tanoan language family
linked to: Tanoan languages
Tanoan languages hasMemberLanguage Tanoan Pueblo languages
linked to: Tanoan languages
Tanoan languages languageBranchOf Kiowa–Tanoan languages
linked to: Tanoan languages
Plains linguistic area includesLanguageFamily Kiowa-Tanoan languages
linked to: Tanoan languages
Walatowa languageFamily Kiowa–Tanoan languages
linked to: Tanoan languages
Ohkay Owingeh hasPrimaryLanguageFamily Tanoan languages
Tewa people traditionalLanguageFamily Tanoan languages
Tewa people languageBranch Kiowa–Tanoan language family
linked to: Tanoan languages
San Juan Pueblo languageFamily Tanoan languages
Keres notPartOf Tanoan language family
linked to: Tanoan languages
Tiwa Pueblos languageFamily Tanoan languages
Tano Pueblos languageFamily Tanoan languages
Tano Pueblos language Tanoan languages