Highland Chinantec | |
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Jmii’ | |
Native to | Mexico |
Region | Oaxaca Highlands |
Ethnicity | Chinantecs |
Native speakers
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(10,000 cited 1990–1998) |
Oto-Mangue
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either: – Quiotepec Chinantec – Comaltepec Chinantec |
Glottolog | chin1488 |
Highland Chinantec is a Chinantecan language of Mexico, spoken in Comaltepec, San Juan Quiotepec, and surrounding towns in northern Oaxaca. It has a complex system of tone and vowel length compared to other Chinantec languages. The two principal varieties, Quiotepec and Comaltepec, have marginal mutual intelligibility. Yolox Chinantec is somewhat less divergent.