Tepehua language
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| Tepehua | ||
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| Spoken in: | Mexico: Puebla, Veracruz, Hidalgo | |
| Total speakers: | 10,000 | |
| Language family: | American Totonacan Tepehua Tepehua |
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| Official status | ||
| Official language in: | none | |
| Regulated by: | INALI | |
| Language codes | ||
| ISO 639-1: | none | |
| ISO 639-2: | ||
| ISO 639-3: | variously: tee – Tepehua of Huehuetla tpp – Tepehua of Pisaflores tpt – Tepehua of Tlachichilco |
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| Note: This page may contain IPA phonetic symbols in Unicode. | ||
Tepehua is an indigenous language of Mexico, spoken across a number of central Mexican states by the Tepehua ethnic group. Tepehua belongs to the Totonacan language family and is not to be confused with the language called Tepehuán which is Uto-Aztecan. Tepehua is a Mesoamerican language and shows many of the traits which define the Mesoamerican Linguistic Area. Along with some 62 other indigenous languages, it is recognised by a statutory law of Mexico[1] as an official language in the Mexican Federal District and the other administrative divisions in which it is spoken, and on an equal footing with Spanish.
| Language | ISO-Code | Where spoken | Number of speakers |
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| Tepehua of Huehuetla | tee | Northeastern Hidalgo, Huehuetla, and half the town of Mecapalapa in Puebla. | 3,000 (1982 SIL) |
| Tepehua of Pisaflores | tpp | Around the town of Pisaflores Veracruz | 4,000 (1990 census). |
| Tepehua of Tlachichilco | tpt | Tlachichilco, Vera Cruz | 3,000 (1990 SIL). |
[edit] References
- ^ Ley General de Derechos Lingüísticos de los Pueblos Indígenas PDF (56.2 KiB) ("General Law of the Linguistic Rights of Indigenous peoples"), decree published 13 March 2003
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