Tlapanec

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Tlapanec are an indigenous people of southern Mexico, known for their distinct Oto-Manguean language and traditional communities in the mountainous region of Guerrero.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Tlapanec canonical 2
Tlapanecan 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic group
indigenous people
autonym Meʼphaa
continent North America
country Mexico
culturalPractice communal festivals
ritual dances
traditional dress
traditional music
weaving
culturalRegion Mesoamerica
demographicTrend population affected by out-migration
economicActivity seasonal migration for work
subsistence farming
educationIssue limited access to bilingual education
ethnolinguisticGroup Meʼphaa people
geographicFeature mountainous terrain
governance communal land tenure
traditional community authorities
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
historicalContinuity pre-Columbian origin
language Tlapanecan languages
surface form: Tlapanec language
languageEndangerment at risk from Spanish dominance
languageFamily Oto-Manguean languages
languageStatus recognized indigenous language of Mexico
linguisticBranch Oto-Manguean languages
surface form: Oto-Manguean
linguisticStatus Tlapanec language is considered vulnerable
linguisticSubgroup Tlapanec self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tlapanecan
neighboringGroups Amuzgo
Mixtec
Nahua
surface form: Nahuas
partOf indigenous peoples of Guerrero
primaryRegion southern Mexico
State of Guerrero
surface form: state of Guerrero
recognizedAs indigenous people of Mexico
recognizedBy Government of Mexico
surface form: Mexican government
religion Roman Catholicism
indigenous beliefs
syncretic practices
rightsIssue struggles for cultural recognition
struggles for land rights
traditionalRegion Guerrero region
surface form: Montaña region of Guerrero

Sierra Madre del Sur
traditionalSubsistence beans cultivation
maize agriculture
small-scale animal husbandry
squash cultivation
usesLanguage Spanish

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Guerrero hasIndigenousGroup Tlapanec
Tlapanec linguisticSubgroup Tlapanec self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tlapanecan