Highland Chinantec | |
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Jmii’ | |
Native to | Mexico |
Region | Oaxaca Highlands |
Ethnicity | Chinantecs |
Native speakers | (10,000 cited 1990–1998) [1] |
Oto-Mangue
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Dialects |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:
chq – Quiotepec Chinantec
cco – Comaltepec Chinantec |
Glottolog |
chin1488 |
ELP | Sierra Chinantec |
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.
The following are sounds of Comaltepec Chinantec: [2] [3]
Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Laryngeal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ( ɲ) | ŋ | |||
Stop & Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | tʃ | k | ʔ | |
voiced | ᵐb | ⁿd | ⁿdʒ | ᵑɡ | |||
Fricative | voiceless | ( f) | s | ( ʂ) | ( ʃ) | ( x) | h |
voiced | ( ʐ) | ||||||
Lateral | l | ||||||
Approximant | j | w |
Front | Central | Back | |
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High | i | ɨ | u |
Mid | e | ʌ | o |
Low | æ | a |
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The following are sounds of Quiotepec Chinantec: [4]
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Laryngeal | ||
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Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
Stop | voiceless | p | t | tʲ | k | ʔ |
voiced | b | d | dʲ | ɡ | ||
Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ç | h | |
voiced | β | ð | ʝ | ɣ | ||
Lateral | l | |||||
Approximant | j | w | ||||
Trill | r |
Front | Back | |||
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unrounded | rounded | unrounded | rounded | |
High | i | y | ɯ | u |
Low | e | ø | a | o |
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