Tiwa, in Spanish Tigua, is a group of closely related languages spoken by some Pueblo people in New Mexico. Northern Tiwa is spoken in Taos Pueblo and Picuris Pueblo , while Southern Tiwa is spoken in Isleta Pueblo and Sandia Pueblo . An extinct language in the family, Piro, was spoken near Socorro, New Mexico.

After the Pueblo Revolt against the Spanish Conquistadors in 1680, a few of the Tigua from Piro fled south with the Conquistadors to El Paso, Texas. There they founded Ysleta, Texas , where their descendants live to this day.

See also: Jornada del Muerto

External link

Ethnologue page on Tiwa