Purepecha

Facts

  • Language: Purepecha
  • Alternate names: Tarascan, Tarasco, Phorhépecha, Porhé, P'orhépecha
  • Language code: tsz, pua
  • Language family: Isolate; Mexican, Central American, or Caribbean (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 117,221
  • Vulnerability: Threatened
  • Script:

More information:

    Ethnologue distinguishes Purepecha [tsz] and Western Highland Purepecha [pua], not recognized as separate languages by others.