Ocuiltec, also known as Tlahuica and Atzingo Matlatzinca, is a moribund language of Central Mexico closely related to
Matlatzinca and Pirinda.
Ocuiltec is spoken primarily in the municipality of
Ocuilan
Ocuilan is a Municipalities of Mexico, municipality in Mexico (state), Mexico State in Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 344.84 km².
As of 2005, the municipality had a total population of 26,332.
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in the villages Cinco Caminos, Colonia Doctor Gustavo Baz, El Capulín, El Totoc (San José Totoc), Lomas de Teocaltzingo (Loma de Tecalzingo), Ocuilán de Artéaga, San Juan Atzingo, Santa Lucía, Santa Martha, and Santa María Nativitas.
It may have been spoken in the adjacent area of Morelos, though Matlatzinca could have also existed in it.
Due to the extremely small speaking population and the unfavourable age structure, Ocuiltec is highly endangered. In the 2000 census, only 26 persons under the age of 20 were registered as speakers of Ocuiltec.
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Indigenous languages of Mexico
Mesoamerican languages
Matlatzinca
Matlatzinca
Matlatzinca
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