Tarascan language family
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The Tarascan language family is a small, unique group of indigenous languages of western Mexico, best known for its primary member, Purépecha, which is notable for having no proven genetic relationship to other language families in the region.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tarascan language family canonical | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | language family ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Purépecha language family
ⓘ
Tarascan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedEthnicGroup |
Purépecha people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tarascan people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Mesoamerican languages
ⓘ
indigenous languages of the Americas ⓘ |
| classificationStatus |
genetic affiliation unproven
ⓘ
sometimes treated as a language isolate family ⓘ |
| contactWith |
Nahuatl language
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Otomanguean languages NERFINISHED ⓘ Uto‑Aztecan languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| culturalImportance | central to Purépecha identity ⓘ |
| educationUse | bilingual education programs in parts of Michoacán ⓘ |
| endangermentStatus | vulnerable ⓘ |
| geographicDistribution |
neighboring areas of Guanajuato
ⓘ
neighboring areas of Jalisco ⓘ state of Michoacán, Mexico ⓘ |
| grammaticalFeature | use of suffixes to mark case and relations in Purépecha ⓘ |
| hasDocumentation | grammars and dictionaries of Purépecha ⓘ |
| hasLinguisticResearch | described in detail by 20th‑century field linguists ⓘ |
| hasLivingLanguage | Purépecha language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMember | Purépecha language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStandardizedOrthography | yes ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Michoacán NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | language of the pre‑Columbian Tarascan state ⓘ |
| iso639FamilyCode | tar ⓘ |
| lexicalBorrowingFrom | Spanish language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| linguisticTypology |
agglutinative language family
ⓘ
head‑marking language family ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature | rich verbal morphology in Purépecha ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
considered a language isolate by many linguists
ⓘ
no proven genetic relationship to other language families in Mesoamerica ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature | contrastive vowel length in Purépecha ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | Purépecha language ⓘ |
| recognizedBy | Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas (Mexico) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | western Mexico ⓘ |
| syntacticFeature | basic word order often described as VSO or VOS in Purépecha ⓘ |
| timeDepth | pre‑Columbian origin ⓘ |
| usedFor |
local administration in some municipalities
ⓘ
oral tradition ⓘ |
| usedIn | traditional Purépecha communities ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin script
|
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.