Matlatzinca, or more specifically San Francisco Matlatzinca, is an endangered
Oto-Manguean language
The Oto-Manguean or Otomanguean languages are a large family comprising several subfamilies of indigenous languages of the Americas. All of the Oto-Manguean languages that are now spoken are indigenous to Mexico, but the Manguean branch of the ...
of Central Mexico. The name of the language in the language itself is ''pjiekak'joo''.
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
San Francisco Oxtotilpan is a village in located in the municipality of Temascaltepec in the state of Mexico, Mexico
Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in ...
and half away in Mexico City.
[Palancar, Enrique L. 2016. Oto-Pamean]
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