Pame, Northern

PMQ

vigorous

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:

Otomanguean
Western Otomanguean
Oto-Pame-Chinantecan
Oto-Pamean
Pame

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