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Tepehuán language, the Glossary

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.^[1]

37 relations: Affricate, Agglutination, Alveolar consonant, Approximant, Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger, Back vowel, Central vowel, Chihuahua (state), Close vowel, Durango, Fricative, Front vowel, Glottal consonant, Guachochi, Guadalupe y Calvo Municipality, Jesús María, Nayarit, Labial consonant, Mexicanero language, Mexico, Mid vowel, Morpheme, Nasal consonant, National Institute of Indigenous Peoples, Open vowel, Palatal consonant, Piman languages, Plosive, Postalveolar consonant, Rhotic consonant, Spanish language, Tepecano language, Tepehuán, UNESCO, Uto-Aztecan languages, Velar consonant, XEJMN-AM, XETAR-AM.
Indigenous languages of the North American Southwest
Piman languages
Tepehuán

Affricate

An affricate is a consonant that begins as a stop and releases as a fricative, generally with the same place of articulation (most often coronal).

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Agglutination

In linguistics, agglutination is a morphological process in which words are formed by stringing together morphemes, each of which corresponds to a single syntactic feature.

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Alveolar consonant

Alveolar (UK also) consonants are articulated with the tongue against or close to the superior alveolar ridge, which is called that because it contains the alveoli (the sockets) of the upper teeth.

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Approximant

Approximants are speech sounds that involve the articulators approaching each other but not narrowly enough nor with enough articulatory precision to create turbulent airflow.

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Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger

The UNESCO Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger was an online publication containing a comprehensive list of the world's endangered languages.

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Back vowel

A back vowel is any in a class of vowel sound used in spoken languages.

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Central vowel

A central vowel, formerly also known as a mixed vowel, is any in a class of vowel sound used in some spoken languages.

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Chihuahua, officially the Estado Libre y Soberano de Chihuahua (Free and Sovereign State of Chihuahua), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 federal entities of Mexico.

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Close vowel

A close vowel, also known as a high vowel (in U.S. terminology), is any in a class of vowel sounds used in many spoken languages.

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Durango

Durango, officially named Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango (Free and Sovereign State of Durango; Tepehuán: Korian; Nahuatl: Tepēhuahcān), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in the northwest portion of the country.

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Fricative

A fricative is a consonant produced by forcing air through a narrow channel made by placing two articulators close together.

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Front vowel

A front vowel is a class of vowel sounds used in some spoken languages, its defining characteristic being that the highest point of the tongue is positioned as far forward as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would otherwise make it a consonant.

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Glottal consonant

Glottal consonants are consonants using the glottis as their primary articulation.

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Guachochi

Guachochi is a city in the south-western portion of the Mexican state of Chihuahua.

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Guadalupe y Calvo Municipality

Guadalupe y Calvo is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico.

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Jesús María, Nayarit

Jesús María is the municipal seat of the municipality of El Nayar in the Mexican state of Nayarit in Mexico.

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Labial consonant

Labial consonants are consonants in which one or both lips are the active articulator.

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Mexicanero language

Mexicanero is the Nahuan language spoken by the Mexicanero people of southern Durango and northern Nayarit. Tepehuán language and Mexicanero language are indigenous languages of Mexico, indigenous languages of the Americas stubs and Mesoamerican languages.

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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Mid vowel

A mid vowel (or a true-mid vowel) is any in a class of vowel sounds used in some spoken languages.

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Morpheme

A morpheme is the smallest meaningful constituent of a linguistic expression.

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Nasal consonant

In phonetics, a nasal, also called a nasal occlusive or nasal stop in contrast with an oral stop or nasalized consonant, is an occlusive consonant produced with a lowered velum, allowing air to escape freely through the nose.

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National Institute of Indigenous Peoples

The National Institute of Indigenous Peoples (Instituto Nacional de los Pueblos Indígenas, INPI, Tzotzil: Instituto Ta Sjunul Jlumaltik Sventa Batsi Jnaklometik, Q'eqchi': Molam Tk’anjelaq Chi Rixeb’ Laj Ralch’och’, Ixil: Jejleb’al Unq’a Tenam Kumool, Chocholtec: Ncha ndíe kie tía ndie xadë Ndaxingu, Awakatek: Ama’l Iloltetz e’ Kmon Qatanum) is a decentralized agency of the Mexican Federal Public Administration.

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Open vowel

An open vowel is a vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned as far as possible from the roof of the mouth.

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Palatal consonant

Palatals are consonants articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate (the middle part of the roof of the mouth).

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Piman languages

Piman (or Tepiman) refers to a group of languages within the Uto-Aztecan family that are spoken by ethnic groups (including the Pima) spanning from Arizona in the north to Durango, Mexico in the south. Tepehuán language and Piman languages are Agglutinative languages, indigenous languages of the Americas stubs and indigenous languages of the North American Southwest.

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Plosive

In phonetics, a plosive, also known as an occlusive or simply a stop, is a pulmonic consonant in which the vocal tract is blocked so that all airflow ceases.

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Postalveolar consonant

Postalveolar (post-alveolar) consonants are consonants articulated with the tongue near or touching the back of the alveolar ridge.

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Rhotic consonant

In phonetics, rhotic consonants, or "R-like" sounds, are liquid consonants that are traditionally represented orthographically by symbols derived from the Greek letter rho, including r in the Latin script and p in the Cyrillic script.

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Spanish language

Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.

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Tepecano language

The Tepecano language is an extinct indigenous language of Mexico belonging to the Uto-Aztecan language-family. Tepehuán language and Tepecano language are Agglutinative languages, indigenous languages of Mexico, Mesoamerican languages and Piman languages.

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Tepehuán

The Tepehuán are an indigenous people of Mexico.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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Uto-Aztecan languages

Uto-Aztecan languages are a family of indigenous languages of the Americas, consisting of over thirty languages. Tepehuán language and Uto-Aztecan languages are Agglutinative languages, indigenous languages of Mexico, indigenous languages of the North American Southwest and Mesoamerican languages.

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Velar consonant

Velars are consonants articulated with the back part of the tongue (the dorsum) against the soft palate, the back part of the roof of the mouth (also known as the "velum").

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XEJMN-AM

XEJMN-AM (La Voz de los Cuatro Pueblos – "The Voice of the Four Peoples") is an indigenous community radio station that broadcasts in Spanish, Cora, Huichol, Southeastern Tepehuán and Nahuatl from Jesús María, municipality of El Nayar, in the Mexican state of Nayarit.

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XETAR-AM

XETAR-AM (La Voz de la Sierra Tarahumara – "The Voice of the Sierra Tarahumara") is an indigenous community radio station that broadcasts in Spanish, Tarahumara and Northern Tepehuán from Guachochi, in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tepehuán_language

Also known as ISO 639:ntp, ISO 639:stp, ISO 639:tla, Northern Tepehuán, Northern Tepehuán language, Southeastern Tepehuan, Southeastern Tepehuan language, Southern Tepehuán, Southern Tepehuán language, Southwestern Tepehuan, Southwestern Tepehuán language, Tepehuano, Tepehuano del norte, Tepehuano del sur alto, Tepehuano del sur bajo, Tepehuano del sur central, Tepehuano language, Tepehuán Norte language, Tepehuán Sureste language, Tepehuán Suroeste language.

Tepehuán language, the Glossary

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See also

Indigenous languages of the North American Southwest

Piman languages

Tepehuán

References