Tepehua
/ˌtepeˈwa/noun
A group of Indigenous peoples and related Oto-Manguean languages of eastern Mexico.
Did you know?Tepehua is the Spanish exonym for several related Indigenous communities and languages in Mexico, and its exact internal etymology is not securely established in standard reference works.
Etymological Timeline
Modern English
English
Tepehua
“The standard English name for an Indigenous people and their languages in Mexico.”
Colonial Spanish
Spanish
tepehua
“A borrowed ethnonym used for Indigenous communities in eastern Mexico.”
Pre-Columbian / Indigenous
Indigenous
tepehua
“An ethnonym for related communities and speech varieties in the Sierra Norte de Puebla and nearby regions.”
Earlier indigenous source
Indigenous
unknown
“The deeper origin is uncertain in widely cited scholarship, so no secure reconstruction should be claimed.”