Purépecha · language isolate
Purépecha
1500 CE – today Living
Purépecha (1500 CE – today) is a living language isolate.
See Purépecha on the interactive map- Speakers
- 140K (140,000)
- ISO 639-3
- tsz
- Glottocode
- pure1242
Language of the Tarascan state (Michoacán), a rival of the Aztecs. Usually considered an isolate; the start date marks colonial documentation (Gilberti's grammar, 1558).