Western Chatino

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Western Chatino is a variant of the Chatino language, an indigenous Oto-Manguean language spoken by Chatino communities in Oaxaca, Mexico.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chatino language variety
Oto-Manguean language variety
indigenous language variety
basicWordOrder verb–subject–object
classificationStatus often treated as separate language within Chatino cluster
contactLanguage Spanish NERFINISHED
continent North America
country Mexico
endangermentCause language shift to Spanish
ethnicGroup Chatino communities
hasAlternativeName Chatino occidental NERFINISHED
Western Chatino language NERFINISHED
hasCommunity Santa Catarina Juquila community NERFINISHED
Santos Reyes Nopala community NERFINISHED
Tataltepec de Valdés community NERFINISHED
Zenzontepec community NERFINISHED
hasDialect Juquila Chatino NERFINISHED
Panixtlahuaca Chatino NERFINISHED
Santos Reyes Nopala Chatino NERFINISHED
Tataltepec Chatino NERFINISHED
Zenzontepec Chatino NERFINISHED
hasGlottocode west2630
hasLinguisticAreaFeature Mesoamerican linguistic area traits
hasMorphologicalType fusional
synthetic
hasPhonologicalFeature complex consonant system
contrastive vowel length
tone
ISO639-3Code ctp NERFINISHED
isPartOf Mesoamerican languages NERFINISHED
indigenous languages of Mexico
languageBranch Chatino branch of Zapotecan NERFINISHED
languageFamily Oto-Manguean languages NERFINISHED
languageStatus endangered language
region western Oaxaca NERFINISHED
spokenBy Chatino people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Mexico NERFINISHED
Oaxaca NERFINISHED
subdivisionOf Chatino language NERFINISHED
subfamily Zapotecan languages NERFINISHED
subjectTo language documentation projects
usedFor everyday communication in Chatino communities
oral tradition
ritual speech
usedIn bilingual education programs in Oaxaca
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Chatino people hasLanguage Western Chatino