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North America · ISO 639-3 tix · Glottocode sout2961

Southern Tiwa

Southern Tiwa brings into view a member of the Kiowa-Tanoan family with shifting status in North America, with Latin recorded as the likely script.

Language family
Kiowa-Tanoan
Likely script
Latin (Latn)
Source status
shifting
Macroarea
North America
Source country codes
US
Reference point
34.787, -106.661

Open research question

Which current, community-led studies show where and in which domains Southern Tiwa is used and transmitted today?

This question is an assignment for later subject and community-proximate source review, not a claim about a uniform cultural worldview.

Scholarly boundary

The map point is a Glottolog reference point, not a language-area boundary. The script field is a likely Unicode CLDR assignment, not a complete history of orthography. Information on endangerment and countries follows the linked source data and does not replace current local assessment.