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Western Highland Purepecha

Western Highland Purepecha is a language in the Tarascan family spoken in Mexico and United States.

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Scripture in Western Highland Purepecha

A complete Bible is reported in Western Highland Purepecha.

From the Every Language research atlas and its sources. “No known Scripture” means none is recorded in those sources, not that none exists.

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Where Western Highland Purepecha is spoken

  • Mexico
  • United States

See Western Highland Purepecha on the language map

About Western Highland Purepecha

Language family
Tarascan
ISO 639-3 code
pua
Glottocode
west2631
Also known as
Purepecha, Sierra Occidental: Pamatacuaro · Purepecha, Western Highland

Dialects and varieties 12

Each variety shows Scripture recorded for that exact variety; it may differ from Western Highland Purepecha as a whole.

  • Cheran-Tanaco-ParachoNo known Scripture
  • Eleven PueblosNo known Scripture
  • Purepecha, Sierra Occidental: AnguhuanNo known Scripture
  • Purepecha, Sierra Occidental: ArantepacuaNo known Scripture
  • Purepecha, Sierra Occidental: Canada de los Once PueblosNo known Scripture
  • Purepecha, Sierra Occidental: CanteraNo known Scripture
  • Purepecha, Sierra Occidental: CheranNo known Scripture
  • Purepecha, Sierra Occidental: NurioNo known Scripture
  • Purepecha, Sierra Occidental: PamatacuaroNo known Scripture
  • San José-OcumichoNo known Scripture
  • San LorenzoNo known Scripture
  • TarecuatoNo known Scripture

Sources

  • DIALECTS source registryDIALECTS research collection · Each original source retains its own terms
  • GlottologHammarström, Forkel, Haspelmath & Bank, Glottolog 5.3 · CC BY 4.0
  • Data provided by Joshua ProjectData provided by Joshua Project · Noncommercial missions research and educational use
  • Every Language mapEvery Language and its attributed source providers · Owner-authorized publication; upstream terms retained

Atlas data as of 2026-09-05. Joshua Project data is used with permission for noncommercial ministry research and education. Glottolog data: CC BY 4.0.