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Picuris language information


Picuris
Native toUnited States
RegionPicuris Pueblo, New Mexico
Ethnicity230[1]
Native speakers
225 (2007)[2]
Language family
Tanoan
  • Tiwa
    • Northern Tiwa
      • Picuris
Language codes
ISO 639-3twf (Northern Tiwa)
Glottologpicu1248
ELPPicuris
Linguasphere64-CAA-ab
Picuris is classified as Vulnerable by the UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger
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Picuris (also Picurís) is a language of the Northern Tiwa branch of Tanoan spoken in Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico.

  1. ^ "Tiwa, Northern". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  2. ^ "UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in danger". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2018-05-23.

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