Chinantecan languages

E200367

Oto-Manguean language family language family

The Chinantecan languages are a group of closely related indigenous Mesoamerican languages spoken primarily in northern Oaxaca, Mexico, known for their complex tonal systems and rich linguistic diversity.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Chinantec languages	7
Chinantecan languages canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Oto-Manguean language family ⓘ language family ⓘ
areEndangered	many varieties ⓘ
areKnownFor	complex phonology ⓘ morphologically complex verbs ⓘ rich tonal inventories ⓘ
arePartOf	Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ surface form: Oto-Manguean stock
areRecognizedBy	Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas ⓘ surface form: Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas (INALI)
areRelatedTo	Amuzgo language ⓘ Mixtec languages ⓘ surface form: Mixtecan languages Oto-Pamean ⓘ surface form: Oto-Pamean languages Zapotecan languages ⓘ
areSpokenIn	Oaxaca ⓘ Papaloapan basin ⓘ Puebla ⓘ Sierra Norte de Oaxaca ⓘ Veracruz ⓘ
areStudiedIn	Mesoamerican linguistics ⓘ
areUsedFor	local community communication ⓘ oral tradition ⓘ traditional rituals ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Mexico ⓘ
ethnicity	Chinantec people ⓘ
haveISOCode	various ISO 639-3 codes for individual varieties ⓘ
includeLanguage	Lealao Chinantec ⓘ Ojitlán Chinantec ⓘ Palantla Chinantec ⓘ Quiotepec Chinantec ⓘ Sochiapam Chinantec ⓘ Usila Chinantec ⓘ Valle Nacional Chinantec ⓘ Yolox Chinantec ⓘ
languageFamily	Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
linguisticDiversity	high dialect diversity ⓘ multiple mutually unintelligible varieties ⓘ
primaryRegion	Sierra Madre de Oaxaca region ⓘ surface form: northern Oaxaca State of Oaxaca ⓘ surface form: state of Oaxaca
region	Mesoamerica ⓘ
status	indigenous languages of Mexico ⓘ minority languages ⓘ
subfamilyOf	Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
typologicalFeature	complex tonal system ⓘ contrastive nasality ⓘ head-marking morphology ⓘ phonemic tone ⓘ tone language ⓘ verb inflection for person and aspect ⓘ verb–subject–object word order (VSO) ⓘ
writingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ surface form: Latin script