Native American Languages

An overview of the language preservation program of the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo's Cultural Development Division. The program utilizes the Miromaa language software program as an archival and teaching tool. It is able to create materials as well as dictionaries in Southern Tiwa. The program collaborates with linguists as well as fluent speakers in Southern Tiwa to assist in this endeavor. The program also works closely with the Traditional Council of the Pueblo to assure that any and all materials that are created for teaching are not disseminating any sacred and traditional information.

An overview of the language and culture program hosted at the Sandina Pueblo. The language and Culture program provides support and resources in an effort to reclaim and maintain the Tiwa Language, explore the stories and history of this Tribe and to continue the agricultural traditions that were once significant to the survival of this village and now used as a way to enrich tables with home grown produce, to feed livestock and produce crops with economic impact.

An overview of language restoration efforts regarding the Tiwa language as taken by the Isleta Pueblo. Includes brief descriptions of programs and schedules.

An overview of the Southern Tiwa language as described by Wikipedia. It includes information on the language's classification (and relationship to Northern Tiwa), dialectal variants, and the sound system of the language.

An overview of 18 different Southern Tewa nouns, including their singular and plural forms as well as a bit of information about the pronunciation of certain terms. This work was designed as part of a linguistics assignment for a linguistics class at University of California: San Diego.

While many groups (including the State of New Mexico) describe Tiwa as a single language, it is actually three different (mutually intelligible) languages (Taos, Picuris, and Southern Tiwa). This article describes where the different languages are spoken and the history of the language.

An overview of 40 words in the Southern Tiwa language by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology's ASJP database. The database includes words for pronouns, animals, body parts, and geographic/astrological terms.