Endangered Languages Project - Picuris

Picuris

^{[aka Taos-Picuris,]}

Classification: Kiowa-Tanoan

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threatened

Together with Taos, Picuris belongs to the Northern Tiwa branch of the Kiowa-Tanoan family, but these languages are not mutually intelligible.

ALSO KNOWN AS		Taos-Picuris
CLASSIFICATION		Kiowa-Tanoan, Tanoan
CODE AUTHORITY		LINGUIST List
LANGUAGE CODE		twf-pic
DOWNLOAD		As csv
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Ethnologue puts Taos and Picuris together in its "Northern Tiwa", lists Taos and Picuris as dialects, but yet says that "Taos and Picuris are not mutually intelligible (Golla 2007)." Others distinguish these as two separate languages.

Compare Sources (2)

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
<225
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Spoken by nearly all of the 225 members of the small and isolated Pueblo of Picuris.

Together with Taos, Picuris belongs to the Northern Tiwa branch of the Kiowa-Tanoan family, but these languages are not mutually intelligible.

TRANSMISSION
OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

PLACES: New Mexico

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Pueblo of Picuris, 50 miles north of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
225
Native speakers worldwide

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LOCATION INFORMATION

COORDINATES

36.1914,-105.7151

Compare Sources (1)

Information from: “Endangered Languages of the United States” (108-130) . Christopher Rogers, Naomi Palosaari and Lyle Campbell (2010) , Christopher Moseley · UNESCO