[2] Ethnologue lists three major varieties: Mexico's federal agency for its indigenous languages, Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas (INALI), identifies four varieties of Trique in its Catálogo de las lenguas indígenas nacionales published in early 2008.

[3] The variants listed by INALI are: The following phonology is based on Hollenbach (1984) and DiCanio (2008): Itunyoso Triqui may tend to have ten geminated consonants; /mː, βː, tː, nː, lː, tːʃ, jː, ʈːʂ, kː, kːʷ/.

Linguists typically write the language with all tones fully marked and all phonemes represented.

However, in works intended for native speakers of Triqui, a practical orthography is often used with a somewhat simpler representation.

Verbs take a /k-/ prefix (spelled c- or qu-) to show completive aspect: Aꞌmiie³² izoꞌ¹.

The tonal changes associated with the potential aspect are complex but always involve lowering the tone of the root (Hollenbach 1984).

There are also complex phonological processes that are triggered by the presence of root-final clitic pronouns.

These pronouns (especially the first- and the second-person singular) may change the shape of the stem or alter its tone.

(3) Vivía la abuela Ca’aj, quien deseaba mucho tener hijos.

(6) Entonces ella dijo, “Tengo esposo!” (1) Here is an ancient legend that I am going to tell you all, you, and anyone who can hear this.

[11] In March 2014, Natividad Medical Foundation launched Indigenous Interpreting+, "a community and medical interpreting business specializing in indigenous languages from Mexico and Central and South America," including Trique, Mixteco, Zapotec, and Chatino.