Ethnicity Chinantecs | ||
Native speakers (10,000 cited 1990–1998) Language family Oto-MangueWestern Oto-MangueOto-Pame–ChinantecanChinantecHighland Chinantec Dialects Quiotepec ChinantecComaltepec ChinantecYolox 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.
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Highland Chinantec language Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA