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TABLE 1.—Distribution of Tarascan-speaking folk by 
localities, 1940—Continued 
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TaBLE 1.—Distribution of Tarascan-speaking folk by 
localities, 1940—Continued 
LA CANADA—Continned 
Total ‘Tarascan-speaking Total ‘Tarascan-speaking 
: popula- folk A popula- folk 
Locality tonic __ Locality tion 
(num- (num- 
ber) Number | Percent ber) Number | Percent 
a - ~ | 
Municipio of Tzintzuntzan: Municipio of Chilchota—Continued 
zintzuntzeni(¢C)= 22s... 22.2----2--22-2- 1,077 | 35 (9 156) |3. 2(9 12. 7) IheiCofradia(r)i i. .s2 69 0 0 
Cucuchucho (p)____--_-_-----_-________- 295 279 94.5 ADzintzichs ((t)t = esnon eas See eee oe 117 48 41.0 
Thuatzio (p) 1, 206 1, 206 100.0 Municipio of Tangancfcuaro: 
La Pacanda (p).---......2-..----.-.---- 247 240 97.1 Tangancicuaro (v)_- 10 2 
Woenembo! (rings ao2 2s t= tc 451 0 1) IPH CuarOn (pies. sass a cee ee seed 9 1.0 
Whos @orralesi(r)c 82.2 oe = 177 0 0 
as Cuevas (r)<. 2 = -222- 2.5 =a... e- 69 0 0 > = 
Las Granadas (r)_______.__-_-___ 92 92 100.0 
CHUIDION(G) see Seen se eee 162 162 100.0 = aces: a ae aa 
eerie (W) - ----------- 2222 2----- ee ue ee) Municipio of Ziricuaritiro: 
i made a Restwirr Log > ocak yi hs o a San Angel Zurumueapio (p) - 970 822 84.7 
- 30 ES) Aes n08 100.0 Municipio of Tingambato: 
eee n0/(a} a 0 o Tingambato (p)...----.-------------- 2, 768 204 7.3 
as Pilas (r)-.-------------------------- 87 0 9 Municipio of Uruapan: 
Santa: @ruz:.(r) 2-2 2225-22 ences 178 0 0 Upiapanl(c) ae eee ee 20, 583 1 AE 
Tarerio (r) 201 194 96,5 mcutacatol(pe. lee 509 5 1.0 
El Teeolote (t)..----------------------- 12 0 0 La Rosa de Castilla (r)_.-_-_.....-...-- 60 2 3:3 
Hl Tigre (1) ----. -----~-=---2-2--0----= we W) M Toreo Alto (r)_.._...------------------- 240 3 1.2 
Wensansstacue:(r)..°-.22--2-22 2 222.- 110 110 100. 0 Galtzontein (p)i tee cho ’ (2) ro) (2) 
La ae (1) ----------2---2--------- tk | 0 W Municipio of Ario de Rosales: 
La Vinata (r)-.-------..------..-------- a a 1020 Villa Silva (p)1_.... 2.22... 2. see l@) Orde XO 
i THE NORTHERN PLATEAU REGION = 10 Inhabited 1943. Official census figures not available. 
Munieipio of Coeneo: ° . ° b 
See ee the rt an F A Distribution of monolingual Tarascans.—In 
AcaiOi(p)sameene es ae Ae 1,097 | 1,088 9.2 spite of continued areal recession of native speech 
Comanja (p) 806 91 11.3 : sey =e = Bare econ 2 
WMG a hens og ond infiltration of mestizos, monolingualism still 
Bellas Fuentes (h) 876 1 1 exists in many parts of Tarasca. According to 
HUATOC Ot) een ates Soe keane tee eee 345 | 1 3 paris 2 = (OY. a , Fe 
Nee te er ; ‘ calculations from 1940 census data, approxi 
auLeuibirol(t) os eeee fe seeds aaah ee 749 2 2 mately 38 percent of the Tarascan population is 
Municipio of Zacapu: : é 3 o are 
ie Se ois a 4 monolingual. Personal field experience, however, 
Cantabria (p)_---_-----.-----.--------- 1, 132 0 0 would indicate that a smaller proportion (prob- 
INBYanjai(D) coe oon soo hese ee ses ee 1, 082 763 70.5 2 9 ae by 
Mareiets (ah se aa a ably 20 percent) speak only Tarascan. The mono 
Guirindero}(p)smere eee ee 1, 252 686 48  linguals are composed principally of conservative 
Buenavista (h) ...--.-...------- 224 7 3.1 F ae 5 . ivine in 
Caches G isi : 13 women and girls and the older men living in the 
San Antonio (rn)... 909 0 0 more isolated pueblos and ranchos. Pronounced 
Se nee ce taie ‘ o7 monolingual centers are scattered through the 
Teremendo (p)...---------------------- 1,331 379 28.4 Tarasean area and correspond to the islets of 
TIRES VES) ieee caer 178 : oe purely indigenous speech mentioned above (map 
= 13). One center includes the ranchos around the 
LA CANADA eae 
=e = we Cerro de Patamban and also the majority of 
Municipio of Chilchota: women in the pueblos of Pamatdcuaro, Sicuicho, 
CE TOE NG) Zale y ‘4 and Sirfo, nearby. (According to data from the 
Acachuén (p) 717 712 99.3 9 5 ee 
Garapanl(p)= =e ee ee ee 1,259} 1,240 98. 5 1940 census, approximately 67 percent of the 
Pee aa COS eine te Tarascan population of this area is monolingual. 
eban:(p)cesss-5--2s. 22222 776 776 i ‘ 5 a 
Santo Tomés (p) 295 292 99.0 Following percentages in this paragraph are 
MACUCO (Dp) se 22. = ce oe 445 445 100.0 ealeulated from the 1940 census.) Another center 
Tanaquillo (p)_ 410 184 44.9 ri : ah f 
ORE E Coe ee ee ea Saree 350 135 36 Includes Tarecuato and the adjacent rancho o 
Zocopo (Pp) ---------2--2----- eee 539 539 100.0 Still 
®’ Number and percentage of Tarascans in Tzintzuntzan, 1945, according 
to ethnographical census. 
1,231 inhabitants in Tzintzuntzan. 
The percentage was calculated on the basis of 
La Cantera (66 percent monolingual). 
another area is situated southwest of Nahuatzen, 
and consists of the pueblos of Quinceo, Turicuaro, 
