Meʼphaa

E752997

Meʼphaa is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language spoken primarily by the Meʼphaa (Tlapanec) people of Guerrero, Mexico.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Meʼphaa canonical 3
Meꞌphaa 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican language ⓘ
Oto-Manguean language ⓘ
indigenous language ⓘ
language of Mexico ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Tlapanec ⓘ
Tlapaneco ⓘ
linked to: Tlapanec
belongsToMacroArea Mesoamerica ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
ethnicGroup Meʼphaa people ⓘ
Tlapanec people ⓘ
family Oto-Manguean language family ⓘ
glottocode tlap1239 ⓘ
hasDialect Acatepec Meʼphaa ⓘ
Azoyú Meʼphaa ⓘ
Malinaltepec Meʼphaa ⓘ
Tlacoapa Meʼphaa ⓘ
Zapotal Meʼphaa ⓘ
hasISO6393Code tcf ⓘ
tpc ⓘ
tpl ⓘ
tpx ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature complex consonant system ⓘ
contrastive tone ⓘ
hasSpeakerCommunity municipality of Acatepec, Guerrero ⓘ
municipality of Malinaltepec, Guerrero ⓘ
municipality of Tlacoapa, Guerrero ⓘ
municipality of Zapotitlán Tablas, Guerrero ⓘ
languageArea southern Mexico ⓘ
languageFamilyLevel Oto-Manguean ⓘ
languageFamilyNeighbor Amuzgo ⓘ
Mixtec languages ⓘ
languagePolicyContext recognized as an indigenous language of Mexico ⓘ
languageStatus vulnerable ⓘ
morphologyType agglutinative language ⓘ
region Costa Chica region of Guerrero ⓘ
La Montaña region of Guerrero ⓘ
spokenIn Mexico ⓘ
state of Guerrero ⓘ
linked to: State of Guerrero
subfamily Tlapanec–Mangue branch ⓘ
typology tonal language ⓘ
verb-initial language ⓘ
usedFor everyday communication in Meʼphaa communities ⓘ
ritual and ceremonial contexts ⓘ
traditional oral literature ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Tlapanec → autonym → Meʼphaa ⓘ
Tlapanec people → ethnonym → Meꞌphaa ⓘ
linked to: Meʼphaa
Tlapanec people → haveAutonym → Meꞌphaa ⓘ
linked to: Meʼphaa
Meʼphaa people → autonym → Meʼphaa ⓘ