Tlapanec language

Spoken in

• Otomangue Tlapaneco - Mangue Tlapaneco - Subtiaba Tlapanekisch

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Tlapanekisch ( Me'phaa ) is an indigenous language in Mexico and a close group of related languages ​​, spoken by the ethnicity of Tlapaneken. It belongs to the language family of Otomangue languages.

Tlapanekisch is according to the census of 2010 of about 127,000 people in the state of Guerrero (especially in the municipios Acatepec, Atlixtac, Malinaltepec, Tlacoapa, San Luis Acatlán and Zapotitlán Tablas, besides also in Atlamajalcingo del Monte, Metlatónoc, Tlapa Quechultenango, Ayutla, Azoyú and Acapulco) spoken. Due to the geographical fragmentation of the language area, there are widely differing regional variants. SIL International divides the Tlapanekische in four individual languages ​​( Acatepec, Azoyú, Malinaltepec and Tlacoapa ).

Like other Otomangue languages ​​is also Tlapanekisch a tone language.