Alternate Names: Malinaltepec Tlapanec, Me’phaa, Tlapaneco, Tlapaneco central bajo, Tlapaneco de Malinaltepec
Dialects: Huehuetepec (Mè’phàà Bátháá, Smájíín, Tlapaneco de Huehuetepec, Tlapaneco de Zilacayotitlán, Tlapaneco del este, Zilacayotitlán, Zilacayotitlán Tlapanec). Malinaltepec has 50% intelligibility of Tlacoapa ,. Speakers define 9 varieties of Me’phaa, of which 2 are included in Malinaltepec Me’phaa.
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Demographics: 37,500 (2000 INALI). 8,000 monolinguals (2011 SIL).
Language Use: Homes, local government, community.
Language Development: Radio programs. Grammar. Bible portions: 1994.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Mexico