Central Purépecha

E631374

Central Purépecha is the principal regional variety of the Purépecha language spoken in the highland communities of Michoacán, Mexico.

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Central Purépecha canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Purépecha language variety
regional variety of a language
associatedEthnicGroup Purépecha people NERFINISHED
country Mexico
hasAlternativeName Central Tarascan (less common, based on older exonym Tarascan) NERFINISHED
hasLanguageCode None (no separate ISO 639-3 code from Purépecha)
hasSuperordinateEntity Purépecha language NERFINISHED
hasUsageDomain intergenerational communication
rural communities
isNotMutuallyIntelligibleWith Spanish NERFINISHED
languageFamily Purépecha NERFINISHED
languageStatus indigenous language variety of Mexico
partOf Purépecha dialect continuum
regionType central highlands of Michoacán NERFINISHED
relativeStatus principal regional variety of Purépecha
spokenIn Mexico NERFINISHED
Michoacán NERFINISHED
spokenInCommunityType highland communities
spokenInRegion Purépecha highlands NERFINISHED
subdivisionOf Purépecha language NERFINISHED
typologicalNote language isolate (as part of Purépecha, which is a language isolate)
usedFor everyday communication
local cultural practices
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Purépecha language hasDialects Central Purépecha