Pame, Central
A language of Mexico
| Population | 4,350 (1990 census). |
| Region | San Luis Potosí, Santa María Acapulco. |
| Language map |
Mexico, reference number 30 |
| Alternate names | Chichimeca, Pame de Santa María Acapulco, Pame del Centro |
| Classification | Oto-Manguean, Otopamean, Pamean |
| Language use | All ages. |
| Language development | Bible portions: 1953–1998. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | SVO, pitch-accent, short words, affixes. Pastoralists; peasant agriculturalists. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
Gibson, Lorna F. 1954. "El sistema de parentesco pame."
Gibson, Lorna F. 1956. "Pame (Otomi) phonemics and morphophonemics."
Gibson, Lorna F. 1966. "The man who abandoned his wife: a Pame story."
Gibson, Lorna F. and Doris A. Bartholomew. 1979. "Pame noun inflection."
Gibson, Lorna F., Donald Olson, and Anne Olson. 1963. "Four Pame texts."

