Friday, May 16, 2008

The Tewa People and the Tewa language

During our time in New Mexico, we will be assisting the Tewa people of San Ildefonso (Poh-Hoh-Geh) pueblo. Tewa refers to both the people and language.

Tewa
is a Kiowa-Tanoan language spoken by Pueblo people, mostly in the Rio Grande valley in New Mexico north of Santa Fe. The 1980 census counted 1,298 speakers, almost all of whom are bilingual in English. Each pueblo or reservation where it is spoken has a dialect:


The Lord's Prayer (in Tewa):



For more on the Tewa people, click here
For more on the Tewa language, click here

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