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Some consider the term Pame to be derogatory. Speakers and members of this ethnic group refer to themselves as Xi'iuy rather than Pame.

ALSO KNOWN AS		Xi'iuy, Pame, Pamean, Pame, Northern, Pame del Norte
CLASSIFICATION		Otomanguean, Otopamean
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		pmq
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Ethnologue distinguishes 3 Pame languages: Pame, Central [pbs] Pame, Northern [pmq] Pame, Southern [pmz]. INALI distinguishes 2 "variantes" of Pame.

3rd	2010	Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger		UNESCO Publishing	Paris	http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas	Christopher Moseley (ed.)	Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)	ll_pub		337	100-999	Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		21.9955,-99.6458
		World Oral Literature Project				http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.			5,616	1000-9999	Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)	M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	2000	5,620	1000-9999	Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	Mexico;

Northern Pame