Meʼphaa languages

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Meʼphaa languages are a small group of indigenous Oto-Manguean languages spoken primarily by the Meʼphaa (Tlapanec) people in the state of Guerrero, Mexico.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Meʼphaa languages canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
indigenous languages of the Americas ⓘ
language family ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tlapanec languages ⓘ
areEndangered true ⓘ
areHeadMarking true ⓘ
areMesoamericanLanguages true ⓘ
areMutuallyIntelligibleToVaryingDegrees true ⓘ
arePrimarilyOralTradition true ⓘ
areStudiedInField Mesoamerican linguistics ⓘ
areSubjectOf descriptive grammars and dictionaries ⓘ
areTonal true ⓘ
associatedWith Meʼphaa traditional music and oral literature ⓘ
classifiedAs small language group within Oto-Manguean ⓘ
geographicDistribution Costa Chica region of Guerrero ⓘ
eastern Guerrero ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet
haveBasicWordOrder VSO or VOS (varies by variety) ⓘ
haveCommunityLanguageRevitalizationEfforts true ⓘ
haveCommunityRadioBroadcastsInSomeVarieties true ⓘ
haveComplexMorphology true ⓘ
haveEthnologueEntry true ⓘ
haveISO639_3Codes true ⓘ
haveLoanwordsFrom Spanish ⓘ
haveNasalizationContrast true ⓘ
havePhonemicGlottalization true ⓘ
haveToneDistinguishingLexicalMeaning true ⓘ
haveVerbAspectDistinctions true ⓘ
includeVariety Acatepec Meʼphaa ⓘ
Azoyú Meʼphaa ⓘ
Malinaltepec Meʼphaa ⓘ
Tlacoapa Meʼphaa ⓘ
Zapotal Meʼphaa ⓘ
languageBranch Eastern Oto-Manguean ⓘ
partOf Mesoamerican Linguistic Area ⓘ
recognizedAs national indigenous languages of Mexico ⓘ
region Sierra Madre del Sur ⓘ
spokenBy Meʼphaa people ⓘ
Tlapanec people ⓘ
spokenIn Mexico ⓘ
state of Guerrero ⓘ
linked to: State of Guerrero
subfamilyOf Oto-Manguean language family ⓘ
subjectToLanguageShiftTowards Spanish ⓘ
usedAlongside Spanish language ⓘ
usedIn bilingual education programs in Guerrero ⓘ
traditional ritual contexts ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tlapanecan languages → haveAlternativeName → Meʼphaa languages ⓘ