Me’phaa, Tlacoapa
PrintA language of Mexico
ISO 639-3
Alternate Names
Me’phaa, Me’phaa de Tlacoapa, Mi’phaa, Tlacoapa Tlapanec, Tlapaneco, Tlapaneco de Tlacoapa, Tlapaneco del centro
Population
7,500 (2005 INALI).
Location
East Guerrero, Tlacoapa, southwest of Tlapa de Comonfort, Tlacoapa municipality, Tlacoapa, Sabana, Tlacotepec, Laguna Seca, Tenamazapa, and Totomixtlahuaca.
Language Maps
Language Status
5 (Developing).
Dialects
Tenamazapa, Tlacoapa. 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 Development
Literacy rate in L1: 3%. Literacy rate in L2: 40%. NT: 1975.
Language Resources
Writing
Latin script.
Tlacoapa recognized as different from Malinaltepec Me’phaa [tcf]. Tenamazapa dialect is a partial hybrid between malinaltepec [tcf] and Tlacoapa.