(documentation HuehuetlaTepehuaLanguage EnglishLanguage "The HuehuetlaTepehuaLanguage is a TepehuaGroupLanguage of Mexico. SIL code: TEE. ISO 639-2: cai. Population: 3,000 (1982 SIL). Region: Northeastern Hidalgo, Huehuetla, and half the town of Mecapalapa in Puebla. Alternate names: HIDALGO TEPEHUA. Comments: 70% intelligibility with Pisa Flores (closest). Bilingual level estimates for Spanish are 0 10%, 1 37%, 2 25%, 3 10%, 4 10%, 5 8%. They use a whistle speech (G. Cowan 1952, 1972), which distinguishes consonants and vowels of the spoken language. SVO, nontonal, long words, affixes. Tropical. Mountain slope. Swidden, peasant agriculturalists. 300 meters. NT 1976.(extract from http:/ / www.ethnologue.com/ )") |
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