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Purepecha

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: tsz

Population	40,000 in Mexico (2005 census). Population total all countries: 40,850.
Region	Michoacán. Also in United States.
Language map	Mexico, reference number 28
Alternate names	Phorhépecha, Porhé, Tarascan, Tarasco
Dialects	Cuanajo, Ihuatzio, Isla Janitzio, San Jeronimo, Puacuaro, Cienega de Zacapu. All Purépecha varieties have functional intelligibility with other Purépecha varieties; Eastern varieties have 60%–80% intelligibility with the Western. A standard variety is emerging through radio and literature.
Classification	Tarascan
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 40%. Literacy rate in L2: 60%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1969.
Writing system	Latin script.

Also spoken in:

United States

Language name	Purepecha
Population	850 in United States (2000 census).
Region	California, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Lathrop, Maxwell D. 1937. "Report of a partial study of the Tarascan dialect."

Lathrop, Maxwell D. 1953. "Trabajos realizados para condicionar el idioma tarasco como vehículo de educación."

Lathrop, Maxwell, compiler. 2007. Vocabulario del idioma purépecha.  

McIntosh, John B. 1950. "Mitakua: Periódico en lengua tarasca."

Pérez-González, Benjamin. 1994. "Panorama de los estudios lingüísticos sobre el Tarasco."

Wares, Alan C. 1956. Suffixation in Tarascan.

Wares, Alan C. 1971. Review of: The Tarascan language, by Mary L. Foster.

Wares, Alan C. 1972. Review of: The Tarascan language, by Mary L. Foster.

Wares, Alan C. 1974. "Tarascan verb inflection."