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
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)
Purépecha
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The Purépecha are a group of Indigenous people centered in the northwestern region of Michoacán, Mexico, mainly in the area of the cities of Cherán and Pátzcuaro.
Purépecha language
…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 the highlands of Michoacán, Mexico. Purépecha was the main language of the pre-Columbian Purépecha Empire and became widespread in the region during…
Purépecha children at the 2015 Muestra de Indumentaria Tradicional de Ceremonias y Danzas de Michoacán
"La historia de Michoacán", mural in the Biblioteca Gertrudis Bocanegra, Pátzcuaro, Michoacán (1941-1942)
Fishermen in Lake Pátzcuaro
The Tarascan Village diorama at the Milwaukee Public Museum