PMQ ISO 639-3
Pame, Northern
Xi’iuy Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- pmq
- Alternate Names
- Pame del Norte
- Autonym
- Xi’iuy
- Population
- 340 (2000 INALI). Total Pame speakers: 11,900 (2020 INEGI).
- Location:
- San Luis Potosí state: Alaquines, Ciudad del Maíz, Rayón, Tamasopo municipalities.
- Language Status
- 6b* (Threatened).
- Classification
- Otomanguean, Western Otomanguean, Oto-Pame-Chinantecan, Oto-Pamean, Pame
- Dialects
- 10%–15% intelligibility of Santa María Acapulco (Central Pame) [pbs]. Subdialects include Agua Puerca and Cuesta Blanca.
- Typology
- SVO; pitch-accent; complex morphology.
- Language Use
- Northern Pame has more bilingualism than Central Pame [pbs] or Southern Pame [pmz], and only three or four villages where there are monolingual Pame-speaking children. Also use Spanish [spa].
- Language Development
- Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 2007.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Pame, Northern
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
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Location: San Luis Potosí state: Alaquines, Ciudad del Maíz, Rayón, Tamasopo municipalities.
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