Also Known As:
Dialects & Varieties
- Hano (Arizona Tewa)
- San Juan (Ohkay Owingeh)
- Nambe
- Pojoaque
- Santa Clara (Kapo)
- San Ildefonso
- Tesuque
- Santa Domino (Kewa)
- Santa Ana (Tamaya)
Recent Resources
3 Senior high school students of Santa Fe Indian School about the condition of the Tewa language in
Endangered
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,500
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 4
Less than half of the community speaks the language, and speaker numbers are decreasing at an accelerated pace.
4
Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 4
Used mainly only in the home and/or with family, and may not be the primary language even in these domains for many community members.
4
Transmission
Transmission 2
Most adults in the community are speakers, but children generally are not.
2
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
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.
Bibliography of Locations:
2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
Bibliography of Context:
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.