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ALSO KNOWN AS		Tarascan, Tarasco, Phorhépecha, Porhé, P'orhépecha
CLASSIFICATION		Isolate, Mexican, Central American, or Caribbean
LANGUAGE CODE		tsz, pua
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		Cuanajo Ihuatzio Isla Janitzio San Jeronimo Puacuaro Cienega de Zacapu Cañada de los Once Pueblos Cantera Pamatacuaro Angahuán Nurío Arantepacua Cheran
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ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Ethnologue distinguishes Purepecha [tsz] and Western Highland Purepecha [pua], not recognized as separate languages by others.

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Information from: “Multiple Object Constructions in P’orhépecha” . Alejandra Capistrán (2015) BRILL

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
117,221
Native speakers worldwide
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Speaker number from 2010 INEGI Housing Census

DATE OF INFO: 2010

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Data from Puácuaro village. "According to the National Indigenous Languages Institute (INALI 2006), 59.8% of the people of Puácuaro speak P’orhépecha, all of whom are bilingual."

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Textbooks, short stories, narratives, magazines, newspapers, New Testament

PLACES: Michoacán, Mexico

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Lake Pátzcuaro, Sierra (Meseta Tarasca),Cañada de los Once Pueblos

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
105,556
Native speakers worldwide
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There are 105,556 speakers of Purépecha, 50,079 men and 55,477 women.

DATE OF INFO: 2005

PLACES: Mexico

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
175,000
Native speakers worldwide
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Ethnologue distinguishes Purepecha [tsz] (40,850 speakers) from Western Highland Purepecha (135,000 speakers)

DATE OF INFO: 2005 (census)

PLACES: Mexico

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Michoacán, some speakers in the US.

			2009	Perfil sociodeomgráfico de la población que habla lengua indígena		Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI)	Edificio Sede, Av. Héroe de Nacozari Sur Núm. 2301, Fracc. Jardines del Parque, CP 20276, Aguascalientes, Ags.	http://www.inegi.org.mx/prod_serv/contenidos/espanol/bvinegi/productos/censos/poblacion/poblacion_indigena/leng_indi/PHLI.pdf		2009. "Perfil Sociodeomgráfico De La Población Que Habla Lengua Indígena." Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía (INEGI). Online: http://www.inegi.org.mx/prod_serv/contenidos/espanol/bvinegi/productos/censos/poblacion/poblacion_indigena/leng_indi/PHLI.pdf.		105,556	2005	100000	There are 105,556 speakers of Purépecha, 50,079 men and 55,477 women.		At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)				Mexico
9789004288874	Brill's Studies in the Indigenous Languages of the Americas		2015	Multiple Object Constructions in P’orhépecha		BRILL		https://books.google.com/books?id=hlLoBgAAQBAJ&dq=Expresi%C3%B3n+de+argumentos,+funciones+gramaticales+y+transitividad+en+p%E2%80%99orh%C3%A9pecha&source=gbs_navlinks_s	Alejandra Capistrán			117,221	2010	100000	Speaker number from 2010 INEGI Housing Census	Textbooks, short stories, narratives, magazines, newspapers, New Testament	Threatened (60 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	12	Data from Puácuaro village. "According to the National Indigenous Languages Institute (INALI 2006), 59.8% of the people of Puácuaro speak P’orhépecha, all of whom are bilingual."		Michoacán, Mexico	Lake Pátzcuaro, Sierra (Meseta Tarasca),Cañada de los Once Pueblos	19.533095, -102.315314; 19.802075, -101.988471; 19.703846, -101.570990
		16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)	M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	175,000	2005 (census)	100000	Ethnologue distinguishes Purepecha [tsz] (40,850 speakers) from Western Highland Purepecha (135,000 speakers)		At risk (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)			Michoacán, some speakers in the US.	Mexico		19.573242, -102.021011

Purepecha

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Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

117,221

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

105,556

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

175,000

Discussion

Purepecha

Language metadata

Language information by source

Threatened

60 percent certain, based on the evidence available

117,221

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

105,556

At risk

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

175,000

Discussion

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