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Purépecha ''P'urhépecha'' (''Phorhé, Phorhépecha''), more popularly known as Tarascan (Spanish ''Tarasco''),〔(MICHOACÁN: A STRUGGLE FOR IDENTITY )〕 is a language isolate or small language family spoken by a quarter million Purépecha people in the highlands of the Mexican state of Michoacán. Purépecha was the main language of the pre-Columbian Tarascan state and became widespread in northwestern Mexico during its heyday in the late post-classic period (ca. 1400–1521). Even though it is spoken within the boundaries of Mesoamerica, Purépecha does not share many of the traits defining the Mesoamerican Linguistic Area, probably due to the Tarascan state's long adherence to an isolationist policy. ==Classification== Purépecha has long been classified as a language isolate, unrelated to any other known language. This judgement is repeated in Campbell's authoritative classification. Greenberg assigned it to the Chibchan language family, but like the rest of his American classification, this proposal is rejected by specialists. There are a number of dialects, which SIL International divides into two languages, but Campbell (1997) considers Purépecha to be a single language. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Purépecha language」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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