Me’phaa, Tlacoapa | Ethnologue

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: tpl
Alternate Names: Me’phaa, Me’phaa de Tlacoapa, Mi’phaa, Tlacoapa Tlapanec, Tlapaneco, Tlapaneco de Tlacoapa, Tlapaneco del Centro
Autonym: Meꞌpa̱a̱ Wíꞌi̱i̱n
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.
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.

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