Tepehua languages

Tepehua
Tepehua
Region	Mexico: Puebla, Veracruz, Hidalgo
Native speakers	10,000
Language family	(specify language family under 'fam1' or 'family') Totonacan Tepehua Tepehua; ; ;
Official status
Regulated by	INALI
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously:; tee – Tepehua of Huehuetla; tpp – Tepehua of Pisaflores; tpt – Tepehua of Tlachichilco

Tepehua is an indigenous language of Mexico, spoken across a number of central Mexican states by the Tepehua ethnic group. Tepehua belongs to the Totonacan language family and is not to be confused with the language called Tepehuán which is Uto-Aztecan. Tepehua is a Mesoamerican language and shows many of the traits which define the Mesoamerican Linguistic Area. Along with some 62 other indigenous languages, it is recognised by a statutory law of Mexico^[1] as an official language in the Mexican Federal District and the other administrative divisions in which it is spoken, and on an equal footing with Spanish.

Approximate number of speakers of all varieties of Tepehua ~10,000
Language	ISO-Code	Where spoken	Number of speakers
Tepehua of Huehuetla	tee	Northeastern Hidalgo, Huehuetla, and half the town of Mecapalapa in Puebla.	3,000 (1982 SIL)
Tepehua of Pisaflores	tpp	Around the town of Pisaflores Veracruz	4,000 (1990 census).
Tepehua of Tlachichilco	tpt	Tlachichilco, Vera Cruz	3,000 (1990 SIL).

References

^ Template:PDFlink ("General Law of the Linguistic Rights of Indigenous peoples"), decree published 13 March 2003

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