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Pueblo Indian Languages
According to their oral histories, the Pueblo Indians of New Mexico and Arizona all share a common ancestry, descending from the
ancient Anasazi civilization.
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Unlike other confederacies of related Indian peoples such as the
Iroquois or Wabanaki,
however, the Pueblo people are linguistically diverse, speaking languages from four unrelated language families: the Acoma, Cochiti, Laguna,
San Felipe, Santa Ana, Santo Domingo, and Zia Pueblos speak Keresan languages;
the Isleta, Jemez, Nambe, Picuris, Pojoaque, Sandia, San Ildefonso, San Juan, Santa Clara, Taos, Tesuque, and Tigua/Ysleta del Sur Pueblos speak
Kiowa-Tanoan languages; the
Zuni speak their own language which is not known to be related to any other;
and the Hopi, furthest west, speak a
Uto-Aztecan language distantly related to
Nahuatl.
The six Pueblo Indian languages are:
The Hopi language
The Keres language
The Tewa language
The Tiwa language
The Towa/Jemez language
The Zuñi language
Pueblo Languages
Overview of the Pueblo languages from the Encyclopedia of North American Indians.
Pueblo Placenames:
Southwestern place names in Tewa, Tiwa, Jemez, Keres, and Zuni.
Keresan Pueblo Indian Sign Language:
Paper on a signed language of the Keres Indian pueblos.
Pueblo Languages:
Encyclopedia articles about the Pueblo Indian languages.
Pueblo Tribes:
Pueblo Indian books.
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