Huehuetla Tepehua

Updated on Dec 21, 2023

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Native to Mexico ISO 639-3 tee		Native speakers (3,000 cited 1982) Glottolog hueh1236
Region northeastern Hidalgo, Mexico Language family Totozoquean ? Tepehua Huehuetla Tepehua

Huehuetla Tepehua is a moribund Tepehua language spoken in Huehuetla, northeastern Hidalgo, Mexico. There are fewer than 1,500 speakers left according to Smythe Kung (2007).

Syntax

Word order tends to be VSO, although it can be SVO at times (Smythe Kung 2007).

Morphology

Huehuetla Tepehua has a large variety of affixes (Smythe Kung 2007).

Valency-changing affixes

Reflexive -kan

Reciprocal laa-

Dative -ni

Causative maa-

Instrumental puu-

Comitative t'aa-

Applicative lhii-

Aspectual derivational affixes

Inchoative ta-

Imminent ti-

Roundtrip kii-

Ambulative -t'ajun

Begin -tzuku

Desiderative -putun

Repetitive -pala

Again -choqo

All -qoju

Distal -chaa and Proximal -chii

Derivative affixes

Agent nominalizer –nV7

Non-agentive nominalizers –ti and -nti

Deverbalizer -n

Instrumental prefixes paa- and lhaa-

Locative prefix puu-

Applicative prefix lhii-

Comitative prefix t'aa-

References

Huehuetla Tepehua Wikipedia

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Syntax

Morphology

References