Purépecha Empire
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The Purépecha Empire, also known as the Kingdom of Tzintzuntzan, was a polity in pre-Columbian Mexico. Its territory roughly covered the geographic area of the present-day Mexican state of Michoacán,
A Purépecha incense burner showing a deity with a "Tlaloc headdress", 1350–1521 CE.
Islands in Lake Pátzcuaro, viewed from the top of Janitzio island.
The archaeological site of Tzintzuntzan, capital of the Iréchikwa
Fourth yacata pyramid on the south end of the line in Tzintzuntzan.
Purépecha language
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Purépecha, often called Tarascan, a term coined by Spanish settlers that can be seen as pejorative to some, is a language isolate or small language family that is spoken by some 140,000 Purépecha in t
Purépecha Empire
…The Purépecha Empire, also known as the Kingdom of Tzintzuntzan (Purépecha: Ts'intsúntsani Iréchikwa, [tsʰin'd͡zund͡zani̥ i'ɾet͡ʃikʷa]), was a polity in pre-Columbian Mexico. Its territory roughly covered the geographic area…
A bilingual Purépecha/Spanish school in the Purépecha community of Janitzio, Michoacán. Since Mexico's 2000 indigenous language law, indigenous languages like Purépecha share the same status as Spanish in the areas in which they are spoken, and many schools offer the curriculum in indigenous languages.
Dictionary of the Mechuacan (Michoacán, Tarascan) language, Fray Maturino Gilberti, 1559
Prayer book in the language by J. J. Apolonio Maya dated 1849 (click to browse)