Chichimeca Jonaz

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Chichimeca Jonaz is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language spoken by the Chichimeca Jonaz people in central Mexico, particularly in the state of Guanajuato.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Chichimeca Jonaz canonical 1
Chichimeco Jonaz 1
Misión de Chichimeca 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican language
Oto-Manguean language
indigenous language
countryOfficialStatus not an official national language of Mexico
documentationStatus limited linguistic documentation
ethnicGroup Chichimeca peoples
surface form: Chichimeca Jonaz people
hasAlternativeName Chichimeca Jonaz
surface form: Chichimeco Jonaz

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Chichimeca Jonaz
surface form: Misión de Chichimeca
hasGlottocode chic1271
hasISO6393Code pei
hasMorphologicalType fusional-analytic
hasNumberOfSpeakersRange hundreds of speakers
hasPhonologicalFeature complex consonant system
contrastive tone
languageEndangerment severely endangered
languageFamily Oto-Manguean
languageFamilyBranch Oto-Pamean
surface form: Oto-Pamean languages
languagePolicyContext protected as an indigenous language under Mexican law
languageStatus endangered language
linguisticArea Mesoamerican linguistic area
primaryCommunity Misión de Chichimecas, Guanajuato
primaryMunicipality San Luis de la Paz, Guanajuato
relatedToLanguage Otomi
Pame languages
revitalizationEfforts bilingual education initiatives in local schools
community-based language maintenance programs
spokenBy Chichimeca peoples
surface form: Chichimeca Jonaz people
spokenInCountry Mexico
spokenInRegion central Mexico
spokenInState Guanajuato
subfamily Oto-Pamean
typologicalFeature SOV basic word order
tonal language
usedFor daily communication within the Chichimeca Jonaz community
oral tradition
traditional ceremonies
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oto-Manguean languages hasMemberLanguage Chichimeca Jonaz
Chichimeca Jonaz hasAlternativeName Chichimeca Jonaz
this entity surface form: Chichimeco Jonaz
Chichimeca Jonaz hasAlternativeName Chichimeca Jonaz
this entity surface form: Misión de Chichimeca