Alternate Names: Pame del Norte, Xi’iuy
Dialects: 10%–15% intelligibility of Santa María Acapulco (Central Pame) ,. Subdialects include Agua Puerca and Cuesta Blanca.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 5,620 (2000).
Language Use: Northern Pame has more bilingualism than Central Pame [pbs] or Southern Pame [pmz], and only three or four villages where there are monolingual Pame-speaking children. Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. Bible portions: 2007.
Typology: SVO; pitch-accent; complex morphology.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Mexico