Highland Chatino
| Highland Chatino | |
|---|---|
| Sierra Chatino | |
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Oaxaca |
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Native speakers
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27,000 (2000) |
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Oto-Manguean (MP)
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously: ctp – Western Highland cly – Eastern Highland (Lachao-Yolotepec) cya – Nopala |
| Glottolog |
east2736 (= Zacatepec–Highlands)
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Highland Chatino is an indigenous Mesoamerican language, one of the Chatino family of the Oto-Manguean languages. Dialects are rather diverse; Ethnologue 16 counts them as three languages as follows:
Neighboring dialects between the three groups are about 80% mutually intelligible; diversity among the three Western dialects is almost as great.
For phonological and grammatical details, see Chatino languages, which includes examples from Yaitepec dialect.
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