Native to United States Native speakers 70 (2007) | Ethnicity 230 (1990) ISO 639-3 twf (Northern Tiwa) | |
Region Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico Language family Tanoan
Tiwa
Northern Tiwa
Picuris |
The endangered Picuris (also Picurís) language of the Northern Tiwa branch of Tanoan is spoken in Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico.
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Genealogical relations
Picuris is partially mutually intelligible with Taos dialect, spoken at Taos Pueblo. It is slightly more distantly related to Southern Tiwa (spoken at Isleta Pueblo and Sandia Pueblo).
Picuris has three degrees of stress: primary, secondary, and unstressed. Stress affects the phonetic length of syllable rimes (lengthening the vowel or the syllable-final sonorant consonant).
Additionally, there are three tones: high, mid, and low — the mid tone being the most frequent.
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Two sentences with interlinear glosses:
References
Picuris language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA