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Tepehua, Tlachichilco

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3tpt

Population  3,000 (1990 SIL).
Region  Veracruz, Tlachichilco.
Language map  Western Central Mexico, reference number 51
Dialects  37% intelligibility with Pisa Flores [tpp] (most similar).
Classification  Totonacan, Tepehua
Language use  Some also use Otomi or Nahuatl.
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: 40%. Literacy rate in L2: 60%. NT: 2003.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  SVO; long words, affixes, clitics; nontonal. Swidden, peasant agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

WATTERS, James K., author. 1980. Aspects of Tlachichilco Tepehua (Totonacan) phonology.  Available online

WATTERS, James K., author. 1984. Notas sobre el aspecto en tepehua.  Available online

WATTERS, James K., author. 1985. Studies of the Tepehua verb: a functional approach.

WATTERS, James K., author. 1987. "Underspecification, multiple tiers, and Tepehua phonology."

WATTERS, James K., author. 1988. Topics in Tepehua grammar.  Available online

WATTERS, James K., author. 1994. "Forma y función en la morfología verbal de segunda personal en tepehua."

WATTERS, James K., author. 1996. "The interpretation of deverbal nouns in Tepehua."

WATTERS, James K., author. 2009. "Tepehua verb morphology, operator scope, and the encoding of arguments."

Vernacular Publications

Kanajuu jats'oqnuti laka lhimasipijni. 2010.

Pequeño vocabulario ilustrado. 2012.  Available online