Tepehuán de Durango
E507004
Native American language
Northern Tepehuan language
Uto-Aztecan language
indigenous language
language of Mexico
Tepehuán de Durango is an indigenous Uto-Aztecan language spoken by the Tepehuán people primarily in the state of Durango in northern Mexico.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tepehuán del Norte | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American language
ⓘ
Northern Tepehuan language ⓘ Uto-Aztecan language ⓘ indigenous language ⓘ language of Mexico ⓘ |
| belongsToMacroarea | North America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coexistsWith | Spanish language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfficialLanguageStatus | not an official language of Mexico ⓘ |
| endangeredStatus |
threatened
ⓘ
vulnerable ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupAssociated | Tepehuán NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Northern Tepehuan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tepehuán del Norte NERFINISHED ⓘ Tepehuán del estado de Durango NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBasicWordOrder | SOV (subject–object–verb) ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole | marker of Tepehuán identity ⓘ |
| hasDocumentationType |
grammatical descriptions
ⓘ
lexicons and wordlists ⓘ text collections ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamilyBranch | Tepiman ⓘ |
| hasLexicalInfluenceFrom | Spanish ⓘ |
| hasMorphologyType | agglutinative language ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalFeature | contrastive tone (reported in some descriptions) ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerCommunity | rural communities in Durango ⓘ |
| hasSpeakerTrend | declining intergenerational transmission ⓘ |
| isDistinctFrom |
Southern Tepehuan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tepehuán de Chihuahua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageCodeISO639-3 | ntp ⓘ |
| languageFamilyNeighbor |
O’odham
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pima Bajo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languagePolicyContext | Mexican indigenous language rights framework ⓘ |
| linguisticTypologyArea | Mesoamerican and Uto-Aztecan contact zone ⓘ |
| partOfLanguageFamily | Uto-Aztecan language family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas (INALI) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Sierra Madre Occidental
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
Northern Tepehuan people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tepehuán people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInCountry | Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spokenInState | Durango NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subfamilyOf | Tepiman languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInDomain |
daily communication in indigenous communities
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ traditional ceremonies ⓘ |
| usedInEducation | bilingual intercultural education programs (limited) ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tepehuán del Norte