Matlatzinca language
Matlatzinca, or more specifically San Francisco Matlatzinca, is a moribund Oto-Manguean language of Central Mexico.[2] The name of the language in the language itself is pjiekak'joo.[3][4]
| Matlatzinca | |
|---|---|
| San Francisco Matlatzinca | |
| pjiekak'joo | |
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | State of Mexico |
| Ethnicity | Matlatzinca |
Native speakers | 1,200 (2020 census)[1] |
Oto-Manguean
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mat |
| Glottolog | sanf1262 |
| ELP | Matlatzinca |
In 2020 Matlatzinca was spoken by around 1,200 persons. At any one time, about half the population is in the village of San Francisco Oxtotilpan and half away in Mexico City.[1][5]
Notes
- Lenguas indígenas y hablantes de 3 años y más, 2020 INEGI. Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020.
- Hernández, R. E., & Hernández, M. (1999). Matlatzinca de San Francisco Oxtotilpan, Estado de México (Vol. 23). El Colegio de México.
- Sabino Nava, Rocío. "¿ Somos Ocuiltecos, Atzincas, Tlahuicas o Pjiekakjo?." Estudios de Cultura Otopame 7, no. 1.
- Cazes, D. (1971). La lengua Maclasinca de Nsampaanchu, San Francisco Oxtotilpan. Journal de la Société des Américanistes, 60(1), 191-232.
- Palancar, Enrique L. 2016. Oto-Pamean.
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