Me’phaa, Tlacoapa

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
tpl
Alternate Names
Me’phaa, Me’phaa de Tlacoapa, Mi’phaa, Tlacoapa Tlapanec, Tlapaneco, Tlapaneco de Tlacoapa, Tlapaneco del Centro
Autonym
Meꞌpa̱a̱ Wíꞌi̱i̱n
User Population

7,500 (2005 INALI). Total Tlapaneco (Me’phaa) speakers: 147,000 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Guerrero state: Tlacoapa municipality, Laguna Seca, Sabana, Tenamazapa, Tlacoapa, Tlacotepec and Totomixtlahuaca.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Otomanguean, Western Otomanguean, Tlapanec-Manguean, Tlapanec-Subtiaba, Tlapanec
Dialects

Tlacoapa, Tenamazapa. Tlacoapa speakers tested 95% intelligibility of Malinaltepec [tcf] due to acquired bilingualism. Speakers define 9 varieties of Me’phaa, of which Tlacoapa is one.

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 3%. Literacy rate in L2: 40%. NT: 1975.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Me’phaa, Tlacoapa
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Tlacoapa recognized as different from Malinaltepec Me’phaa [tcf]. Tenamazapa dialect is a partial hybrid between Malinaltepec and Tlacoapa.