Tepehuán language

• Tepehuán • Northern Tepehuán • Southern Tepehuán • Southeastern Tepehuán • Southwestern Tepehuán ==Northern Tepehuán==

Northern Tepehuán is spoken by about 10,000 people (2020 census) communities like Santiago Papasquiaro—including El Jaguey, Colonia José Ramón Valdez (1616 historical revolt area), El Huisache (Leyva-Tafoya family ranch), and Jose Maria Morelos settlements. The Ódami—self-named "People of This Land" in their ancient tongue—resided in these Sierra Madre strongholds as Nahuatl-labeled "mountain people" (tepetl 'mountain' + huani 'inhabitant') by Mexica/Tepanec, marking them as frontier traders, allies, or rivals beyond the Aztec Triple Alliance (Tenochtitlan, Texcoco, Tlacopan). In 1616, Northern Ódami led a major revolt (1616–1620) against Spanish Jesuits and settlers, killing over 200 Spaniards and 10 missionaries in coordinated attacks on Atotonilco and Santiago Papasquiaro under leaders like Quautlatas and Francisco Gogoxito, before Spanish suppression amid massive losses (~4,000 Ódami warriors). ==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==

Northern Tepehuan The following is representative of the Northern dialect of Tepehuan. Vowels Consonants Nasal consonants /n, ɲ/ become when preceding a velar consonant. Southern Tepehuan The following is representative of the Southeastern dialect of Tepehuan. Vowels Consonants /v/ is sometimes realized as in word-final position. /l/ appears only in loanwords from Spanish. ==Sample Tepehuan Text==

Northern Tepehuan: Southeastern Tepehuan: == Further reading ==