Alternate Names: Me’phaa, Me’phaa de Tlacoapa, Mi’phaa, Tlacoapa Tlapanec, Tlapaneco, Tlapaneco de Tlacoapa, Tlapaneco del centro
Dialects: Tenamazapa, Tlacoapa. Tlacoapa speakers tested 95% intelligibility of Malinaltepec , due to acquired bilingualism. Speakers define 9 varieties of Me’phaa, of which Tlacoapa is one.
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Demographics: 7,500 (2005 INALI).
Language Use: Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 3%. Literacy rate in L2: 40%. NT: 1975.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Mexico
Other Comments: Tlacoapa recognized as different from Malinaltepec Me’phaa ,. Tenamazapa dialect is a partial hybrid between malinaltepec , and Tlacoapa.