San Pedro Huamelula Chontal

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San Pedro Huamelula Chontal is an indigenous Chontal language variety spoken in the region of San Pedro Huamelula in Oaxaca, Mexico.

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San Pedro Huamelula Chontal canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chontal language variety
Mexican indigenous language
Oto-Manguean language
indigenous language variety
belongsTo indigenous languages of Mexico
indigenous languages of Oaxaca
country Mexico
culturalRole marker of Chontal identity in San Pedro Huamelula
endangeredStatus endangered
ethnicGroup Chontal people of Oaxaca NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Chontal de San Pedro Huamelula NERFINISHED
Chontal huameluleño NERFINISHED
Huamelula Chontal NERFINISHED
San Pedro Huamelula Lowland Chontal NERFINISHED
hasDomain home and community domains more than formal education
hasFeature contrast between inclusive and exclusive first person plural (likely)
rich verbal morphology
tone or complex prosody typical of Oto-Manguean languages
hasSpeakers small speaker population
hasStatus limited intergenerational transmission
hasTypology verb–initial word order (VSO/VOS tendency)
isDistinctFrom Highland Oaxaca Chontal NERFINISHED
Tequistlatec (Tequistlateco) languages of Oaxaca NERFINISHED
isSpokenBy bilingual speakers of Spanish and Chontal
indigenous Chontal communities
isSubjectOf linguistic documentation efforts in Oaxaca
languageBranch Chontalan
languageFamily Oto-Manguean NERFINISHED
neighboringVariety San Carlos Yautepec Chontal NERFINISHED
Santa María Huamelula Chontal NERFINISHED
partOf Chontal language continuum NERFINISHED
region Isthmus of Tehuantepec NERFINISHED
spokenIn Mexico NERFINISHED
Oaxaca NERFINISHED
San Pedro Huamelula NERFINISHED
subgroupOf Chontal of Oaxaca NERFINISHED
Lowland Oaxaca Chontal NERFINISHED
Oaxaca Chontal NERFINISHED
threatenedBy language shift to Spanish
usedIn local community life in San Pedro Huamelula
oral storytelling
traditional rituals
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Mexican Penutian languages hasMember San Pedro Huamelula Chontal