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Me’phaa, Tlacoapa

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3tpl

Population  18,000 (2005 SIL).
Region  East Guerrero, Tlacoapa, southwest of Tlapa de Comonfort, Tlacoapa Municipio: Tlacoapa, Sabana, Tlacotepec, Laguna Seca, Tenamazapa, Totomixtlahuaca.
Language map  Western Central Mexico, reference number 87
Alternate names   Mi’phàà Minuíí Mi’pa, Tlacoapa Tlapanec, Tlapaneco de Tlacoapa
Dialects  Malinaltepec [tcf] has 50% intelligibility with Tlacoapa.
Classification  Oto-Manguean, Subtiaba-Tlapanecan
Language use  Tlacoapa recognized as different from Malinaltepec.
Language development  Literacy rate in L1: 3%. Literacy rate in L2: 40%. NT: 1975.
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."