The third variety, Southern Pame, was last described in the mid 20th century, is assumed to be extinct, and is very sparsely documented.

Berthiaume (2004) report a complex phonology for Northern Pame with contrasts between plain, voiced, aspirated, and glottalized consonants both for the stops, nasals, affricates and approximants.

Many grammatical categories are marked by exchanging consonants in patterns that are not fully predictable.

The morphology is head-marking, marking agreement with possessors on nouns and with the participants in actions on verbs.

[6][7] The following table shows the numbers and some basic words in different varieties of Pame:[8] Pame-language programming is carried by the CDI's radio station XEANT-AM, based in Tancanhuitz de Santos, San Luis Potosí.