Purépecha language

E161300

The Purépecha language is an indigenous, language-isolate of western Mexico, primarily spoken in the state of Michoacán by the Purépecha people and known for its unique structure and historical significance.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Purépecha language canonical 12
P'urhépecha language 1
Purepecha language 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican language
indigenous language
language
language isolate
alternateName Tarascan
country Mexico
ethnicity Purépecha people
surface form: Purépecha
hasAlternativeSpelling Purépecha language self-linksurface differs
surface form: P'urhépecha language

Purépecha language self-linksurface differs
surface form: Purepecha language
hasBasicWordOrder SOV
hasCulturalRole marker of Purépecha ethnic identity
hasDialects Central Purépecha
Eastern Purépecha
Lake Pátzcuaro Purépecha
Western Purépecha
hasGlottocode tari1252
hasHistoricalSignificance language of the pre-Columbian Purépecha Empire
hasISO639-1Code none
hasISO639-2Code tar
hasISO639-3Code tsz
hasLinguisticArea Mesoamerican linguistic area (areal features)
hasLinguisticResearchOn morphology
phonology
syntax
hasLoanwordsFrom Nahuatl
Spanish
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate over 100000 speakers (early 21st century)
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive vowel length (in some analyses)
hasTypologicalFeature numeral classifiers (in some descriptions)
postpositions instead of prepositions
rich verbal morphology
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script
isEndangered true
isOfficialIn Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo
surface form: Michoacán (regional recognition)
isTaughtIn bilingual intercultural education programs in Mexico
languageFamily language isolate
nativeName Tarascan (Purépecha) civilization
surface form: P'urhépecha
notGeneticallyRelatedTo Mayan languages
Oto-Manguean languages
neighboring Uto-Aztecan languages
region western Mexico
regulatedBy local community language committees (various)
spokenBy Purépecha people
spokenIn Mexico
Michoacán
usedIn local education programs in Michoacán
traditional Purépecha oral literature
writingDirection left-to-right

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tarascan (Purépecha) civilization language Purépecha language
State of Michoacán indigenousLanguage Purépecha language
Ihuatzio hasLanguageAssociation Purépecha language
Basin of Pátzcuaro languageHistoricallySpoken Purépecha language
Xaratanga languageContext Purépecha language
Purépecha language hasAlternativeSpelling Purépecha language self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: P'urhépecha language
Purépecha language hasAlternativeSpelling Purépecha language self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Purepecha language
Curicaueri languageContext Purépecha language
Pátzcuaro languageUsed Purépecha language
Purépecha people language Purépecha language
San Juan Parangaricutiro nativeLanguage Purépecha language