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Picuris language

Picuris
Native to United States
Region Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico
Ethnicity 230 (1990)
Native speakers
 70 (2007)
Tanoan
  • Tiwa
    • Northern Tiwa
      • Picuris
Language codes
ISO 639-3 (Northern Tiwa)
Glottolog picu1248
Linguasphere 64-CAA-ab
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The endangered Picuris (also Picurís) language of the Northern Tiwa branch of Tanoan is spoken in Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico.

Picuris is partially mutually intelligible with Taos dialect, spoken at Taos Pueblo. It is slightly more distantly related to Southern Tiwa (spoken at Isleta Pueblo and Sandia Pueblo).

Picuris has three degrees of stress: primary, secondary, and unstressed. Stress affects the phonetic length of syllable rimes (lengthening the vowel or the syllable-final sonorant consonant).

Additionally, there are three tones: high, mid, and low — the mid tone being the most frequent.

Two sentences with interlinear glosses:


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