Tiwa languages
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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
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