Matlatzincan languages
| Matlatzinca | |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity | Matlatzinca |
| Geographic distribution | State of Mexico |
| Linguistic classification | Oto-Manguean
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| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | matl1258 |
1640 text on the language by Fray Diego Basalenque
The Matlatzincan languages are two closely related Oto-Manguean language of the Oto-Pamean spoken in Central Mexico: Tlahuica/Ocuiltec and Matlatzinca. While one language at the time of the Spanish conquest, they are now so mutually unintelligible that they are considered separate languages both by linguists and by speakers. They are both moribund.
In 2003, together with 62 other languages, Matlatzinca was recognised as an official language of Mexico[1] (per General Law of Linguistic Rights of the Indigenous Peoples) as an official language in the Mexican Federal District and the other administrative divisions in which it is spoken, and on an equal footing with Spanish.
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- ^ The Ley General de Derechos Lingüísticos de los Pueblos Indígenas Archived 2007-02-08 at the Wayback Machine ("General Law of the Linguistic Rights of Indigenous peoples"), decree published 13 March 2003
Categories:
- Indigenous languages of Mexico
- Mesoamerican languages
- Oto-Pamean languages
- Endangered Oto-Manguean languages
- Matlatzinca
- Temascaltepec
- Indigenous languages of the Americas stubs