Alternate Names: Eastern Lake Purepecha, P’orhe, P’orhépecha, P’urhe, P’urhépecha, Phorhépecha, Porhé, Purépecha de la Zona Lacustre, Tarascan, Tarasco
Dialects: Cienega de Zacapu, Cuanajo, Ihuatzio, Isla Janitzio, Puacuaro, San Jeronimo. All Purépecha varieties have functional intelligibility of other Purépecha varieties; Eastern varieties have 60%–80% intelligibility of the Western. A standard variety is emerging through radio and literature.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 40,000 in Mexico (2005 census). Population total all countries: 55,000.
Language Use: All domains. All ages. Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 40%. Literacy rate in L2: 60%. Poetry. Newspapers. New media. Radio programs. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1969–2012.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Mexico