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Zuni language

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The Zuni language, also known as Shiwi'ma, is spoken by the A:Shiwi people, an Indigenous group primarily located in west-central New Mexico, near the Arizona border. The A:Shiwi are a Pueblo people, and their language is considered an isolate within the Penutian language grouping. Historically, the Zuni language was believed to be part of the Zunian language family, which consists solely of Zuni itself. The A:Shiwi are thought to be descendants of the prehistoric Ancestral Pueblo culture.123

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  3. Zunian
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