| Pame | |
|---|---|
| Spoken in | Mexico |
| Region | San Luis Potosí, Puebla |
| Native speakers | <10000 (date missing) |
| Language family |
Oto-Manguean
|
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | variously: pbs – Central Pame pmq – Northern Pam pmz – Southern Pame |
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 linguistic 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-language programming is carried by the CDI's radio station XEANT-AM, based in Tancanhuitz de Santos, San Luis Potosí.