Also Known As:
Tepecano, O’dam, Audam
Dialects & Varieties
- lowland Southeastern Tephuan (O'dam)
- central Central Tepehuan (O'dam)
- highland Southwestern Tepehuan (Audam)
Southern Tepehuan (Durango and Narayit, Mexico) - Language Snapshot
Garcia Salido, Gabriela & Michael Everdell. 2020. Southern Tepehuan (Durango and Narayit, Mexico) - Language Snapshot. Language Documentation and Description 19, 87-98. http://www.elpublishing.org/PID/211
Threatened
100 percent certain, based on the evidence available
36,543
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speaker Number Trends
Speaker Number Trend 2
A majority of community members speak the language. Speaker numbers are gradually decreasing.
2
Domains of Use
Domain Of Use 1
Used in most domains except for official ones such as government, mass media, education etc.
1
Transmission
Transmission 1
Most adults in the community, and some children, are speakers.
1
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Second-language speakers and learners
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Semi-speakers or rememberers
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
Southeastern Tepehuan is the most documented including a limited reference grammar; Audam has very little published grammatical descriptions; Central Tepehuan lacks any published documentation.
Location and Context
Countries
Southern Tepehuan is spoken primarily in Durango and Nayarit States in Mexico. Most speakers live in Mezquital and Pueblo Nuevo, in the Gran Nayar of Sierra Madre Occidental, in Durango State. The Southeastern variety is spoken in Santa María de Ocotán (Juktɨr), Santiago Teneraca (Chianarkam), San Francisco de Ocotán (Koxbilhim), Xoconoxtle (Nakaabtam), and their associated anexos. The Central variety is spoken in Santa María Magdalena de Taxicaringa and its anexos. The Southwestern variety is spoken in San Bernardino Milpillas Chico, San Francisco de Lajas (Aicham) and San Andrés Milpillas Grande, and their
anexos.
anexos.
Location Description
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Government Support
Government agencies and public schools promote Spanish over Southern Tepehuan
Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
Description and documentation is ongoing to train students and community members in linguistic & anthropological research methods, software, technology, and a growing corpus.
Other Languages Used By The Community
Spanish
Number of Other Language Speakers:
None
Domains of Other Languages:
None
Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Other writing systems used:
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Comments on writing systems:
The Ministry of Public Education released orthographic standards
Recent Resources
A story about a fisherman in O'dam (Southeastern Tepehuan) and translated into Spanish