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ISO 639-3 · towtow
Tanoan family
Jemez
Jemez is a language of the Tanoan branch, spoken in United States. Wikidata counts 3,000 first-language speakers (2007). Wikidata describes it as “Tanoan language spoken by the Jemez Pueblo people in New Mexico”.
At a glance
- ISO 639-3
tow- Glottocode
jeme1245- Family
- Tanoan
- EGIDS
- 6b Threatened
- UNESCO
- Vulnerable
- Wikipedia
- 10 language editions
3,000first-language speakers
—second-language speakers
1countries
—scripts
1levels in the tree
6bEGIDS level
Facts
| Name | Jemez |
|---|---|
| Also called | Jemez language, Towa, Towa language, tow |
| L1 speakers | 3,000 (2007) |
Vitality
EGIDS 6b Threatened6b
Endangered. Children are no longer learning it everywhere, or only grandparents speak it — EGIDS 6b to 8b.
Other languages at this levelUNESCO: Vulnerable
Languages at this levelfamily tree
From Tanoan to Jemez
The branches above Jemez, top to bottom. Each node counts the languages of this index that belong to it.
4TanoanfamilytowJemezlanguage
where it is spoken
Map and countries
A distribution map from Wikimedia Commons, as linked from Wikidata; borders of language areas are approximate.

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