Tiwa
Reference material, with every source named. Our own communities are further down the page.
Endangerment status
This name covers several related languages rather than one, and their situations differ — some are still passed on at home, others have very few speakers left. There is no single status for a group, so none is shown here.
Speakers at home
The census does not count this language separately. It is folded into a broader category, and the figures below are that whole category — not this language. How many of those people speak it is recorded nowhere. Category: Other Native languages of North America
By state
- New Mexico29,098limited English 5,054
- Alaska24,996limited English 3,422
- Arizona23,146limited English 2,777
- Oklahoma11,275limited English 1,318
- South Dakota9,521limited English 974
- California7,047limited English 938
- Montana6,171limited English 627
- Minnesota6,148limited English 497
- Washington4,556limited English 417
- Mississippi4,199limited English 836
- Texas3,833limited English 804
- New York2,908limited English 407
- North Carolina2,763limited English 357
- Wisconsin2,703limited English 307
- North Dakota2,461limited English 638
- Oregon2,093limited English 174
- Michigan2,074limited English 222
- Nevada1,598limited English 359
- Florida1,573limited English 322
- Colorado1,433limited English 225
- Connecticut1,268limited English 516
- Idaho1,254limited English 209
- Wyoming1,185limited English 22
- Iowa1,003limited English 74
- New Jersey986limited English 93
- Illinois954limited English 87
- Georgia944limited English 123
- Maine934limited English 85
- Utah898limited English 97
- Maryland854limited English 51
- Nebraska831limited English 66
- Ohio802limited English 90
- Massachusetts701limited English 100
- Indiana680limited English 331
- Virginia660limited English 199
- Pennsylvania622limited English 169
- Kansas537limited English 64
- South Carolina514limited English 147
- Louisiana468limited English 16
- Missouri414limited English 64
- Tennessee380limited English 39
- Alabama375limited English 26
- Kentucky340limited English 80
- Arkansas306limited English 38
- Hawaii198limited English 40
- Rhode Island103limited English 0
- Delaware77limited English 9
- New Hampshire64limited English 16
- West Virginia59limited English 17
- Vermont52limited English 10
By city
- Phoenix1,117limited English 215
- San Jose650limited English 0
- New York City318limited English 129
- Columbus236limited English 0
- Los Angeles223limited English 55
- Seattle215limited English 215
- San Diego148limited English 0
- Boston139limited English 139
- Charlotte65limited English 65
- Chicago53limited English 0
- Houston35limited English 0
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS table B16001 (via Census Reporter), ACS 2024 5-year. The second figure counts people who speak English less than “very well”.
The census publishes this table for every state but for only a handful of cities. A city missing from this list is one it does not publish, not one where nobody speaks the language.
Help record this language 0 / 10
Ten small things, each answerable in under a minute by anyone who speaks the language. You do not need to prepare, and you do not have to do them in order.
- A greetingnone yet
How do you greet someone, and how do they answer?
- Numbersnone yet
Count from one to ten.
- Familynone yet
The words for mother, father, grandmother, grandfather, child.
- Saying goodbyenone yet
How did the oldest person you knew say goodbye?
- Foodnone yet
Name a dish and say how it is made.
- Weather and seasonsnone yet
Describe today’s weather, then name the seasons.
- A place namenone yet
The name of your home place in this language, and what it means.
- A proverbnone yet
A saying that does not translate well. Say it, then explain it.
- A song for a childnone yet
Sing something that was sung to you.
- A storynone yet
A story you were told as a child. Take as long as you need.
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CultureMesh, "Tiwa" language page (https://culturemesh.com/languages/tiwa-139). Speakers at home: US Census Bureau, ACS table B16001 (via Census Reporter), ACS 2024 5-year.