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Matlatzincan languages
Oto-Manguean language subgroup of Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Matlatzincan languages are a pair of closely related branches of the Oto-Manguean language family in the Oto-Pamean group, spoken in Central Mexico: Tlahuica/Ocuiltec in one and Matlatzinca-Pirinda in the other. They were variously understood as a single macrolanguage or as two distinct languages, and today most linguists[who?] and speakers consider them to be separate. Both Matlatzinca and Tlahuica are moribund, and Pirinda went fully extinct in 1936.[1]
Quick Facts Matlatzinca, Geographic distribution ...
Matlatzinca | |
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Geographic distribution | State of Mexico, Michoacán, Morelos |
Linguistic classification | Oto-Manguean
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Glottolog | matl1258 |
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In 2003, together with 67 other languages, Matlatzinca was recognised as an official language of Mexico[2] as an official language on equal footing with Spanish.