{"id":2061,"date":"2017-04-03T18:15:36","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T18:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.americanlinguistics.org\/?page_id=2061"},"modified":"2017-04-04T20:20:21","modified_gmt":"2017-04-04T20:20:21","slug":"texistepec-popoluca","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.americanlinguistics.org\/?page_id=2061","title":{"rendered":"Texistepec Popoluca"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ka\u00f1che\u00f1yoom\u00e4’<\/em> \u2018The Lazy Woman\u2019 <\/div>\n
told by Tom\u00e1s Lop\u00e9z Florentino<\/div>\n<\/header>\n

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S\u00f8ren Wichmann and Lynda Boudreault1<\/sup><\/a><\/div>\n
Texistepec Popoluca, a Gulf Zoquean language, is spoken in the town of Texistepec, located in the southernmost part of the state of Veracruz, Mexico. It is one of the four languages spoken in Veracruz that is referred to as Popoluca. Some scholars prefer to call it Texistepeque\u00f1o, and the autodenomination is w\u0268\u02d0-\u0294o\u02d0t<\/em> \u2018good word(s)\u2019.<\/div>\n
The story presented here was narrated in 1993 by Tom\u00e1s Lop\u00e9z Florentino. This story was originally published in Cuentos y colorados en popoluca de Texistepec<\/em> (Wichmann 1996), a collection of Texistepec stories with Spanish translations, an analytical index and folkloristic comments. In addition to Mr. Lopez, at the time this story was recorded there were at most a few hundred speakers of the language. The stories were recorded on cassette and later transcribed and translated with the help of Mr. L\u00f3pez, and to a lesser extent with the late Carmen Rom\u00e1n Tel\u00e9sforo.<\/div>\n
The story Ka\u00f1che\u00f1yoom\u00e4’<\/em> \u2018The Lazy Woman\u2019 (ka\u00f1\u010de\u00f1<\/em> \u2018lazy\u2019, yo\u02d0m\u0268\u0294<\/em> \u2018woman\u2019) is told in a series of episodes. It tells of a young man who wants to take a wife, but the object of his affection is known to be lazy (lines 1-60). After they are married, his bride\u2019s lack of interest in helping with household chores frustrates her new family, especially her mother-in-law (61-93). After the couple is moved into their own home, the young man learns the extent of her laziness (104-154) and solves the problem (155-200). His father-in-law sees first-hand how his daughter has changed (201-244) and learns what motivated her transformation (245-283). The father-in-law returns home with notions of implementing the same strategy to change his wife\u2019s lifelong attitude toward domestic responsibility (285-305). His actions have consequences (306-363), and his wife sets him straight (364-395).2<\/sup><\/a><\/div>\n
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