Chatino languages

E723310

Chatino languages are a group of closely related indigenous Oto-Manguean languages spoken primarily in the Oaxaca region of southern Mexico.

All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Chatino language 9
Chatino 6
Chatino languages canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Oto-Manguean languages
indigenous languages of the Americas
language family
arealFeatureOf Mesoamerican Linguistic Area
closelyRelatedTo Zapotec languages
country Mexico
endangeredStatus many varieties are endangered
ethnicGroupAssociated Chatino
linked to: Chatino languages
hasAlternativeName Chatino
linked to: Chatino languages

Chatino group
linked to: Chatino languages

Chatinoan
linked to: Chatino languages
hasAncestor Proto-Oto-Manguean
hasGlottocode chat1270
hasISO639Code cly
cta
cte
cti
ctp
cya
czn
czt
hasLanguageBranch Eastern Chatino
Panixtlahuaca Chatino
Sierra Sur Chatino
Tataltepec Chatino
Western Chatino
Yaitepec Chatino
Zenzontepec Chatino
hasLinguisticFeature complex tone system
phonemic vowel nasalization
rich aspectual morphology
tonal language
verb–initial word order tendencies
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
languageFamily Oto-Manguean
partOf Oto-Manguean stock
recognizedBy Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas (INALI)
region Pacific coastal region of Oaxaca
Sierra Madre del Sur
spokenIn Mexico
Oaxaca
southern Mexico
subclassOf Mesoamerican languages
Oto-Manguean language family
usedBy Chatino people
usedIn bilingual education programs in Oaxaca
local community radio
traditional oral literature

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (23)

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

Chatino people nativeLanguage Chatino languages
Costa del Pacífico (Oaxaca) hasIndigenousLanguages Chatino language
subject linked to: Costa del Pacífico
linked to: Chatino languages
Region of Sierra Sur languageUsed Chatino language
linked to: Chatino languages
Costa Chica of Oaxaca languageSpoken Chatino languages
Oaxaca (state) languageUsed Chatino languages
subject linked to: Oaxaca state
Mexican indigenous languages hasLanguage Chatino
linked to: Chatino languages
Chatino languages ethnicGroupAssociated Chatino
linked to: Chatino languages
Chatino languages hasAlternativeName Chatino
linked to: Chatino languages
Chatino languages hasAlternativeName Chatinoan
linked to: Chatino languages
Chatino languages hasAlternativeName Chatino group
linked to: Chatino languages
Eastern Chatino subclassOf Chatino language
linked to: Chatino languages
Eastern Chatino familyBranch Chatino
linked to: Chatino languages
Santos Reyes Nopala indigenousLanguage Chatino language
linked to: Chatino languages
Tataltepec de Valdés languageUsed Chatino language
linked to: Chatino languages
Tataltepec Chatino subfamilyOf Chatino
linked to: Chatino languages
Tataltepec Chatino belongsToEthnolinguisticGroup Chatino
linked to: Chatino languages
Western Chatino subdivisionOf Chatino language
linked to: Chatino languages
Western Chatino hasAlternativeName Chatino occidental
linked to: Chatino languages
Santa Cruz Zenzontepec hasIndigenousLanguage Chatino language
linked to: Chatino languages
San Miguel Panixtlahuaca languageUsed Chatino languages
San Miguel Panixtlahuaca knownFor Chatino language
linked to: Chatino languages
San Miguel Panixtlahuaca isTraditionalCenterOf Chatino language
linked to: Chatino languages
Zapotecan languages hasSubgroup Chatino languages