Taos language

Taos
Native toUnited States
RegionTaos Pueblo, New Mexico
Ethnicity1,600 (2007)[1]
Native speakers
800 (2007)[2]
Tanoan
  • Tiwa
    • Northern Tiwa
      • Taos
Language codes
ISO 639-3twf (Northern Tiwa)
Glottolognort1550  Taos Northern Tiwa
ELPTaos
Linguasphere64-CAA-a
Location of city of Taos ("Taos village") in Taos County New Mexico. Taos Pueblo is about two miles north of the city of Taos.
Taos is classified as Definitely Endangered by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Taos is a language of the Tiwa branch of the Tanoan language family and is mainly spoken in the unincorporated community of Taos Pueblo and the city of Taos, both of them being in New Mexico.

  1. ^ Taos language at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2018-05-23.