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MALINALTEPEC TLAPANEC

Tlapanec (also called Me'phaa) is a small language family within the Tlapanec-Manguean branch of Oto-Manguean. The family consists of four to eight different languages which are very similar to each other in structural terms. Malinaltepec Tlapanec is spoken by about 35,000 people (INALI census of 2000) in and around the village of Malinaltepec.

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    Verbal paradigm exhibits variation in:
    Inflectional class assignment based on:
    ngra¹du:n¹
    agacharse
    crouch down
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    niʔ¹gun³
    casarse
    get married
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    nu¹hun³
    casarse
    get married
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    xma¹ta³
    jalar
    pull
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    nduʔ¹wa¹
    reírse
    laugh
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    skri³ya¹
    sacar
    take out
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    ra¹mi³
    silbar
    whistle
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    huʔwa:n³
    vestirse
    get dressed
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    nu¹hu:n³
    volver a casarse
    remarry
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    go³ngo:³
    acarrear
    transport
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    guʔ³gwa¹
    agarrar
    grab
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    kru¹na¹
    agujerear
    pierce
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    ru¹wan¹
    agujerear
    pierce
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    kru³ni:³
    ahumar
    smoke
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    xkaʔ¹an²
    alcanzar
    reach
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    txi¹pa²
    amasar
    knead
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    ngro¹xe¹
    apilar
    stack
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    gri³xmbi¹
    aplastar
    squash
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    rma²tsi³
    aplastar
    squash
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    ru¹tsi:¹
    aplastar
    squash
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    guʔ³gwa¹
    apoderarse
    take control of
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    xkri¹ga¹
    apoyarse
    rely on
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    txi¹thu:n³
    arañar
    scratch
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    xma³hwi³
    arrancar
    pull up
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    ru³bu²
    arrancar
    pull up
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    xuʔ¹mbu³
    asar
    grill
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    ya¹xe¹
    asomarse
    stick out
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    da¹
    aventar
    fan
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    syan²
    bailar
    dance
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    wan³
    bañarse
    bathe
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    gi³xe¹
    barrer
    sweep
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    niʔ¹xi:³
    batir
    beat, whisk
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    ha¹ya³
    cargar
    load
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    hwi¹yu³
    chiflar
    whistle
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    ru¹ma²
    cobrar
    get paid
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    hi:³
    cocinar
    cook
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    skwe³he²
    colocar
    position
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    kho²
    comer
    eat
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    tse¹
    comprar
    buy
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    tsi:¹
    comprar
    buy
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    ya:²
    conocer
    know
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    gu³-xnu³
    contar
    tell, count
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    riʔ²yan²
    contestar
    answer
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    ro¹tho²
    cortar
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    ri³gu³
    cortar
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    wri³gu³
    cortar
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    wri³gu³
    cortar
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    xpi³gun³
    cortar
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    xme¹
    coser
    sew
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    xniʔ³tsu²
    dar de comer
    feed
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