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ALSO KNOWN AS		Zuñi, Shiwi'ma
CLASSIFICATION		Isolate, North American
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		zun
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Information from: “North America” (7-41) . Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco (2008) , Chris Moseley and Ron Asher · Routledge

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
~9,000
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Zuni remains the primary language of most of the more than 9,000 tribal members.

TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: USA, New Mexico

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Zuni Pueblo in western New Mexico.

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
9650
Native speakers worldwide
Ethnic population
9651
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data on speaker number: (2000 SIL), increasing. US Census (2000) lists 7,005 who use the language in the home.
(Unchanged 2016.)

DATE OF INFO: 2000

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

Some children raised to speak the language (1998). Slowly shifting to English [eng] (Golla 2007). Home, traditional tribal council meetings, all religious ceremonies, and occasionally in religious services. Mainly adults. Positive attitudes. 9,650 also use English [eng]

PLACES: USA, New Mexico

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: New Mexico, south McKinley County Reservation, south of Gallup.

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
9,000
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: USA, New Mexico

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
9,651
Native speakers worldwide

PLACES: USA, New Mexico

0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York			2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.													35.0833333333,-108.833333333
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	9651	9650	2000	1000-9999	Data on speaker number: (2000 SIL), increasing. US Census (2000) lists 7,005 who use the language in the home. (Unchanged 2016.)		Threatened (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	12	Some children raised to speak the language (1998). Slowly shifting to English [eng] (Golla 2007). Home, traditional tribal council meetings, all religious ceremonies, and occasionally in religious services. Mainly adults. Positive attitudes. 9,650 also use English [eng]	USA, New Mexico	New Mexico, south McKinley County Reservation, south of Gallup.
	3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger				UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		9,000		1000-9999			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			USA, New Mexico		35.082,-108.76
		2008	North America	Atlas of the World's Languages	7-41	Chris Moseley and Ron Asher	Routledge	London		Victor Golla and Ives Goddard and Lyle Campbell and Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco	Victor Golla, Ives Goddard, Lyle Campbell, Marianne Mithun and Mauricio Mixco. 2008. "North America." In Atlas of the World's Languages, edited by Chris Moseley and Ron Asher. 7-41. Routledge.			~9,000		1000-9999	Zuni remains the primary language of most of the more than 9,000 tribal members.	English	Threatened (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	12		USA, New Mexico	Zuni Pueblo in western New Mexico.
	2nd edition	2010	Endangered Languages of the United States	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger of Disappearing	108-130	Christopher Moseley	UNESCO	Paris		Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell	Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell. 2010. "Endangered Languages of the United States." In Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger of Disappearing, edited by Christopher Moseley. 108-130. UNESCO.											USA, New Mexico		35.082,-108.76
			World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			9,651		1000-9999			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)

Zuni

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Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~9,000

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

9650

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

9,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

9,651

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Zuni

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Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

~9,000

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

9650

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

9,000

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

9,651

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