Tepehua, Huehuetla

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: tee
Alternate Names: Tepehua de Hidalgo, Tepehua de Huehuetla
Population: 3,000 (1982 SIL). Total Tepehua speakers: 8,880 (2020 INEGI).
Location:: Hidalgo state: Huehuetla; Puebla state: half of Mecapalapa town; Veracruz state: northwest.
Language Status: 6a* (Vigorous).
Classification: Totonacan, Tepehua
Dialects: None known. 70% intelligibility of Pisa Flores [tpp] (most similar).
Typology: SVO; long words, affixes; nontonal; whistle speech distinguishes consonants and vowels of the spoken language (Cowan 1952, Cowan 1972).
Language Development: Grammar. NT: 1976.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Tepehua, Huehuetla
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Hidalgo state: Huehuetla; Puebla state: half of Mecapalapa town; Veracruz state: northwest.