| Tepehuán |
|---|
| Total population |
|
Mexico: approx 25,000 |
| Regions with significant populations |
| Mexico (Jalisco, Zacatecas, Nayarit) |
| Languages |
| Tepehuán, Spanish, |
| Religions |
| Animism |
| Related ethnic groups |
| Cora, Huichol |
The Tepehuán (Tepehuanes or Tepehuanos) are an indigenous ethnic group in northwest Mexico, whose villages at the time of Spanish conquest spanned a large territory along the Sierra Madre Occidental from Chihuahua and Durango in the north to Jalisco in the south. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Jalisco is a state in Mexico. The capital of Jalisco is the city of Guadalajara. Zacatecas is one of the 31 constituent states of Mexico. It is located in the north-central region and it is bounded to the northwest by Durango Nayarit is one of Mexico’s 31 states and is located on the central west coast bordering the Pacific Ocean. Tepehuán is the name of three closely related languages of the Piman branch of the Uto-Aztecan linguistic family both spoken in northern Mexico. Animism (from Latin anima ( Soul, Life) commonly refers to a religious belief that Souls or Spirits exist in Animals The Cora are an indigenous ethnic group of Western Central Mexico that live in the Sierra de Nayarit and in La Mesa de Nayar in the Mexican states of The Huichol or Wixáritari are an indigenous ethnic group of western central Mexico, living in the Sierra Madre Occidental range in the Mexican states of The southern Tepehuán community included an isolated settlement (Azqueltán) in the middle of Huichol territory in the Bolaños River canyon. Azqueltán is a settlement located on the banks of the Bolaños River in the municipality of Villa Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico. The Huichol or Wixáritari are an indigenous ethnic group of western central Mexico, living in the Sierra Madre Occidental range in the Mexican states of The southern Tepehuán were historically referred to as Tepecanos.
The Tepehuán languages are part of the Uto-Aztecan linguistic family , within which it is grouped with O'odham to form the Piman family. Tepehuán is the name of three closely related languages of the Piman branch of the Uto-Aztecan linguistic family both spoken in northern Mexico. Uto-Aztecan (also Uto-Aztekan) is a Native American Language family. O'odham (/ɔʔɔdham/ is an Uto-Aztecan language of southern Arizona and northern Sonora where the Tohono O'odham and Pima reside Piman (or Tepiman) refers a group of languages within the Uto-Aztecan family that are spoken by ethnic groups (including the Pima) spanning from Arizona
The name is pronounced tepe'wan, and is often spelled Tepehuan without the accent in English language publications. This can cause confusion with the languages called Tepehua (tePEwa), which are collectively referred to as Tepehuan (tePEwan). The Totonacan Languages are a family of closely-related languages spoken by approximately 200000 Totonac and Tepehua people in the states of They are spoken on the other side of Mexico, and are closely related to Totonac and not at all to Tepehuán. The Totonacan Languages are a family of closely-related languages spoken by approximately 200000 Totonac and Tepehua people in the states of The names of both groups come from Nahuatl and mean 'mountain dwellers' or 'mountain people'. Nahuatl ( is a group of related languages and dialects of the Aztecan or Nahuan branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family [1]
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