Q 01/05

What do the Zuni call themselves in their own language?

A) Diné

B) A:shiwi

C) Hopituh

D) Tiwa

Answer · why

B) A:shiwi

The word 'Zuni' is thought to come from a word in the Western Keres language spoken at Acoma.

Q 02/05

The Zuni call their homeland Halona Idiwan'a, which translates as what?

A) Corn Mountain

B) Salt Waters

C) Painted Cliffs

D) Middle Place

Answer · why

D) Middle Place

The Pueblo of Zuni sits on the Zuni River, a tributary of the Little Colorado, about 34 miles south of Gallup.

Q 03/05

The Zuni Pueblo lies about 34 miles south of which New Mexico city?

A) Albuquerque

B) Farmington

C) Gallup

D) Santa Fe

Answer · why

C) Gallup

The tribally run A:shiwi Transit connects the pueblo and Black Rock with Gallup.

Q 04/05

How do linguists classify Zuni, the tongue of the A:shiwi?

A) Uto-Aztecan

B) A Keresan dialect

C) Athabaskan

D) An isolate

Answer · why

D) An isolate

It has borrowed some religious vocabulary from Keresan, Hopi and O'odham, but nothing more.

Q 05/05

For roughly how long do linguists believe the Zuni have maintained the integrity of their language?

A) 500 to 800 years

B) 1,500 to 2,000 years

C) 6,000 to 7,000 years

D) 3,000 to 4,000 years

Answer · why

C) 6,000 to 7,000 years

By 2018 the pueblo's Head Start programme reported only 16 percent of Zuni children spoke the language.