Also Known As:
Tepecano, O’dam, Audam
Dialects & Varieties
- lowland Southeastern Tephuan (O'dam)
- central Central Tepehuan (O'dam)
- highland Southwestern Tepehuan (Audam)
Clause Linkage in Southeastern Tepehuan, a Uto-Aztecan Language of Northern Mexico
Clause Linkage in Southeastern Tepehuan, a Uto-Aztecan Language of Northern Mexico
Vulnerable
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
28,917
Native Speakers Worldwide
Speakers
Native or fluent speakers:
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Children:
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Young adults
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Older adults
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Elders
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Ethnic or community population
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Year information was gathered
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Comments on speakers
"[STP] is spoken in different contexts within the community such as family, religious ritual, and traditional government events... [it] is commonly spoken in informal (i.e., family) and formal contexts (i.e., ceremonies and traditional government events)."
Location and Context
Countries
Durango
Location Description
Mexico
Government Support
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Institutional Support
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Speakers' Attitude
"Almost all speakers of Tepehuan speak Spanish, but with different degrees of competence. This has resulted in a diglossic situation, where Spanish is the high prestige language and [STP] is the low one."
Other Languages Used By The Community
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Number of Other Language Speakers:
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Domains of Other Languages:
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Writing Systems
Standard orthography:
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Writing system:
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Comments on writing systems:
"[STP] is characterized by not having a long tradition of writing."
Recent Resources
A story about a fisherman in O'dam (Southeastern Tepehuan) and translated into Spanish