Pame language
| Pame | |
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| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | San Luis Potosí, Puebla |
| Ethnicity | Pame people |
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Native speakers
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11,000 (2010 census)[1] |
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Oto-Manguean
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously: pbs – Central Pame pmq – Northern Pame pmz – Southern Pame |
| Glottolog | pame1260[2] |
The Pame language, number 1 (azure), north.
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The Pame language is an indigenous language of Mexico spoken by around 10,000 Pame people in the state of San Luis Potosí. The Pame language belongs to the Oto-Pamean branch of the Oto-manguean language family. The Ethnologue counts two living varieties of Pame: Central Pame [1] spoken in the town of Santa María Acapulco, and Northern Pame [2] spoken in communities from the north of Río Verde to the border with Tamaulipas. Pame languages are tonal and distinguish high and low level tones and a high-low contour tone(Suaréz 1983, pg 51).
Pame has an octal (base-8) counting system, as the Pame keep count by using the four spaces between their fingers rather than the fingers themselves.[3]
Pame-language programming is carried by the CDI's radio station XEANT-AM, based in Tancanhuitz de Santos, San Luis Potosí.
References
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