Alternate Names: Acatepec Tlapanec, Me’pa, Me’pa Wí’ìn, Me’phaa, Tlapaneco de Acatepec, Tlapaneco del suroeste, Western Tlapanec
Dialects: Acatepec, Huitzapula (Me’phàà Àguàà, Tlapaneco de Huitzapula, Tlapaneco del noroeste alto), Nanzintla (Me’phàà Murúxìì, Tlapaneco de Nanzintla, Tlapaneco del oeste), Teocuitlapa (Me’phaa Xma’íín, Tlapaneco de Teocuitlapa, Tlapaneco de Zoquitlán, Tlapaneco del noroeste bajo), Zapotitlán Tablas (Me’phàà Xìrágáá, Tlapaneco de Zapotitlán, Tlapaneco del norte). 83% intelligibility of Malinaltepec ,, 79% of Tlacoapa ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 40,200 (2005 INALI). 15,000 monolinguals.
Language Development: Community resistance to use of primary school materials in L1. Many bilingual school teachers from Malinaltepec.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Mexico
Other Comments: Primary schools in most towns, secondary and preparatory schools in major centers.