Tepehuán language









































Tepehuán
O'otham
Native to Mexico
Region
Chihuahua, Durango
Ethnicity Tepehuán
Native speakers
36,000 (2010 census)[1]
Language family

Uto-Aztecan

  • Tepiman
    • Tepehuán


Dialects
  • Tepecano

Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
ntp – Northern Tepehuán
stp – Southeastern Tepehuán
tla – Southwestern Tepehuán
tep – Tepecano
Glottolog
tepe1281[2]

Tepehuán (Tepehuano) is the name of three closely related languages of the Piman branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family, all spoken in northern Mexico. The language is called O'otham by its speakers.




Contents






  • 1 Northern Tepehuán


  • 2 Southern Tepehuán


  • 3 Media


  • 4 Morphology


  • 5 Phonology


  • 6 Sample Tepehuan Text


  • 7 See also


  • 8 References





Northern Tepehuán


Northern Tepehuán is spoken by about 8,000 Tepehuán people (2005 census)[3] in the south of the state of Chihuahua and north of Durango.



Southern Tepehuán


Southern Tepehuán is divided into the southeastern and southwestern group.


  • Southeastern Tepehuán is spoken by 9,937 people (2000 WCD) in Mezquital Municipio in the state of Durango. Southern Tepehuán coexists with the Mexicanero Nahuatl language, there is some intermarriage between the two ethnic groups, and a number of speakers are trilingual in Mexicanero, Tepehuán and Spanish.

  • Southwestern Tepehuán is spoken by around 8,187 (2000 WCD) people in Southwestern Durango.


Media


Tepehuán-language programming is carried by the CDI's radio stations XEJMN-AM, broadcasting from Jesús María, Nayarit, and XETAR, based in Guachochi, Chihuahua.



Morphology


Tepehuán is an agglutinative language, in which words use suffix complexes for a variety of purposes with several morphemes strung together.



Phonology


The following is representative of the Northern dialect of Tepehuan


Northern Tepehuan has 6 vowels and 3 common diphthongs.



























Vowels Front Central
Back
High
i [i̠]

ɨ [ɨ]

u [u]
Mid
ʌ [ʌ]

o [o]
Low
a [ä]































































































IPA chart of Northern Tepehuan consonants


Bilabial

Labio-
dental

Alveolar

Palatal

Velar

Labialized

Uvular

Glottal

Stop

p [p] b [b]


t [t] d [d]

T [tʲ] D [dʲ]

c/qu [k] g [g]



['] [ʔ]

Nasal

m [m]


n [n]

ñ [ɲ]

ng [ŋ]




Flap



r [ɾ]






Fricative

v [v]


s [s]

š [ʃ]



j [χ]


Affricate




ch [tɕ]





Approximant

u [w]








Lateral



l [l]







Sample Tepehuan Text


Northern Tepehuan:







Gʌrooga aapipʌsmaacʌdʌ

tʌvaagɨʌrʌ daja, aatʌmʌ

ipʌlidɨ ɨʌoodami

gʌšiia duutuadagɨ.

Vai otoma aʌna



istuigaco gatʌaanʌda

agai aapi ʌʌgɨ tami

oidigɨ daama.

Vaidʌ ʌpʌduuna

pʌštumaasɨ aapɨ ipʌlidi



tami oidigi daama

poduucai isduucai

ʌpʌvueeyi tʌvaagiʌrʌ.

Gʌrsoiñañi tʌtai viaaca

aatʌmʌ cuaadagai



tʌšɨ ʌʌšɨ tʌgito sivɨ

vʌʌtarʌ.

Gʌroigʌldañɨ

gʌrsoimaascamiga

tʌsmaacʌdʌ ivueeyi



poduucai tʌsduucai

oigʌldi aatʌmʌ ʌgai

ismaacʌdʌ šoimaasi

gʌrvuiididi.

Maiti dagito



išʌDiaavora gʌraagiadan

taadacagi isiduñia

aatʌmʌ soimaasi.

Cʌʌ maatʌ aatʌmʌ

isaapi ʌrʌgʌʌ



baitʌc ʌaacamitʌvaagiʌrʌ

dai oidi daama

tomastuigaco,

dai aapi vaamioma viaa

guvucadagaɨ



tomastuigaco istomali

ʌmo ʌmai daɨ

isaliʌšɨ gʌaagai

ɨsvʌʌšɨ oodami gʌsiaa

duutuadagɨ

tomastuigaco.




Our father, which art

in heaven, hallowed be

thy name. Thy kingdom

come. Thy will be done

on earth as it is in

heaven. Give us this

day our daily bread.

And forgive us our

debts, as we forgive

our debtors. And lead

us not into temptation, :but deliver us from

evil. For thine is the

kingdom and the power

and the glory for ever

and ever. Amen.



Southeastern Tepehuan:








Utogga atemo tubaggue :dama Santu sicamoe

uggue ututugaraga

duviana uguiere api

odduna gutuguito

daraga tami dubar

dama tubggue.

Udguaddaga ud macane

schibi ud joigadane

ud seca doada raga

addu cate abemo

joigudu jut jaddune

maitague daguito soy

macire ud niuca

dacane api odduna.

Amen, Jesus.




Our father, which art

in heaven, hallowed be :thy name. Thy kingdom

come. Thy will be done :on earth as it is in

heaven. Give us this

day our daily bread.

And forgive us our

debts, as we forgive

our debtors. And lead

us not into temptation, :but deliver us from

evil. For thine is the :kingdom and the power

and the glory for ever :and ever. Amen.




See also




References





  1. ^ INALI (2012) México: Lenguas indígenas nacionales


  2. ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Tepehuan". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ "Tepehuan, Northern".








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