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Tlahuica (Ocuilteco, Atzinca, Atzinteco)

Tlahuica is an Oto-Manguean language of Mexico. It is very closely related to Matlatzinca, and some people consider the two to be dialects of a single Matlatzinca language, but most Matlatzinca speakers say that they cannot understand Tlahuica well. Tlahuica is a seriously endangered language which is spoken by fewer than 100 people today, almost all of them elderly. It is a tone language and has primarily VSO word order.

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Our Tlahuica Language Materials

Tlahuica Vocabulary
Our list of vocabulary words in the Tlahuica language, with comparison to words in other Oto-Manguean languages.

Tlahuica Pronunciation Guide:
How to pronounce Tlahuica words.

Tlahuica Animal Words:
Illustrated glossary of animal words in the Tlahuica language.

Tlahuica Body Parts:
Online and printable worksheets showing parts of the body in the Tlahuica language.

Tlahuica Colors:
Worksheet showing color words in the Tlahuica language.

Tlahuica Numbers:
Worksheet showing how to count in the Tlahuica language.

Other Tlahuica Language Resources

Literacy in Tlahuica Revitalization
Paper on the challenge of how to keep the Tlahuica language alive.

AILLA: Tlahuica:
Archive of Tlahuica language recordings available for download.

Matlatzinca de Atzingo (Tlahuica)
Demographic information about Tlahuica from the Ethnologue of Languages.

Okwilteko Language Tree:
Theories about Tlahuica's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.

Ocuilteco Language Structures:
Tlahuica linguistic profile and academic bibliography.

Tlahuica Peoples of Morales
Article on Tlahuica history, with a long bibliography.

Idioma Ocuilteco

Lengua Ocuilteca (Yäkakhó):
Information about the Tlahuica language in Spanish.

Tlahuica Ceramics
Book for sale on ancient Tlahuica pottery.

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