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Me’phaa, Malinaltepec

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: tcf

Population	48,000 (2007 SIL). 10,000 monolinguals (1994 SIL).
Region	East Guerrero, Malinaltepec, south of Tlapa de Comonfort, Malinaltepec Municipio: Malinaltepec, El Tejocote, Moyotepec, Ojo de Agua, Paraje Montero, San Miguel el Progreso, Colombia de Guadalupe, Tilapa, Tierra Colorada, El Rincón; Iliatenco Municipio: Iliatenco, Cruztomáhuac, San José Vista Hermosa, Alchipahua, El Aserradero; San Luís Acatlán Municipio: Pueblo Hidalgo, Pascala del Oro.
Language map	Western Central Mexico, reference number 86
Alternate names	Malinaltepec Tlapanec, Eastern Tlapanec, Mè’phàà Mañuwìín, Me’phaa, tlapaneco de Malinaltepec
Dialects	Malinaltepec; Huehuetepec, Zilacayotitlán; San Juan Puerto Montaña, Francisco I. Madero, Juanacatlán. Malinaltepec has 50% intelligibility with Tlacoapa [tpl]. Speakers define 8 varieties of Me’phaa. Most similar to Subtiaba [sut] of Nicaragua (no remaining speakers).
Classification	Oto-Manguean, Subtiaba-Tlapanecan
Language development	Radio programs. Grammar. Bible portions: 1994.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BLACK, Cheryl A., author. 2005. "An autosegmental analysis of Meˀphaa (Tlapanec) noun inflection."

OLTROGGE, David F.; RENSCH, Calvin R., authors. 1977. Two studies in Middle American comparative linguistics.  

WEATHERS, Mark L., author. 1976. "Tlapanec 1975."

WEATHERS, Mark L., author. 1990. "Un texto historico tlapaneco."

Vernacular Publications

Cuentii egue nicjuaa. 1976.

Cuentii rey gajmaa xabo nguinaa. 1976.

Cuentii xabo nicaꞌtjuun guixaa. 1976.