The government of Mexico recognizes 68 distinct indigenous Amerindian languages as national languages ... languages of Mexico style background efefef align center Language style background efefef align center ... Institute of Indigenous Languages . ref http www.cddhcu.gob.mx leyinfo pdf 257.pdf ref Mexico has about ... people in Mexico is the Nahuatl languages . Nahuatl is one of the native American languages with a large ... languages with Spanish began with the arrival of Spanish forces and colonists in Mexico in the 16th ... of Mexico Algonquian languages Kickapoo people Kikap Yuman Cochim languages Paipai , Kiliwa , Cocopa ... Language families with all known members in Mexico Totonacan languages Totonacan languages Totonac ... black color white font size 120 align center bgcolor black Maps of indigenous languages of Mexico ... gallery ends Other languages The non indigenous languages spoken in Mexico include English language ... Languages of Mexico North America in topic Languages of DEFAULTSORT Languages Of Mexico Category Languages of Mexico Category Languages of North America Mexico Category Mexican culture Link FA es ... of Indigenous Languages INALI , while 10 14 of the population identifies as belonging to an indigenous ... Maya language Yucatec Maya Maaya t aan align right 759,000 Mixtecan languages Mixtec Tu u u u n s vi align right 423,216 Zapotec languages Zapotec Binizaa align right 410,901 Tzeltal language Tzeltal ... 329,937 Otomi language Otom H h align right 239,850 Totonacan languages Totonac Tachihuiin align right 230,930 Mazatecan languages Mazatec Ha shuta enima align right 206,559 Ch ol language Ch ... jujm align right 125,706 Mixe languages Mixe Ay k align right 115,824 Mazahua language Mazahua J atho ... Na yarite align right 17,086 Popolocan languages Popoloca Oto manguean align right 18,926 Huave Ikoods ... 14,162 Q anjob al language Q anjob al align right 10,833 Totonacan languages Tepehua Hamasipini align ... 2,143 Mixtecan languages Tacuate Mixtec de Santa Mar a Zacatepec Tu un Va a align right 2,067 Chichimeca ... more details
map width 220px alt map map caption image map2 alt map2 map caption2 capital Mexico City latd 19 latm 03 latNS N longd 99 longm 22 longEW W largest city Mexico City official languages Spanish language ... index.php?DNA 91 publisher Presidency of Mexico title Official Name of the Country location ... States common name Mexico image flag Flag of Mexico.svg alt flag image coat Coat of arms of Mexico.svg ... Mexico location MX date 2011 04 26 accessdate 2011 04 26 ref ref name BritannicaLang cite web url http www.britannica.com EBchecked topic 379167 Mexico 27385 Languages title Encyclopaedia Britannica MexicoLanguages publisher britannica.com date 2011 04 26 accessdate 2011 04 26 ref national languages 62 Languages of Mexico Indigenous Amerindian languages ref name ofc lang The General Law of Linguistic Rights for the Indigenous Peoples recognizes all Amerindian minority languages, along with Spanish, as national languages and equally valid only in territories where spoken. The government recognizes 62 indigenous languages, and more variants which are mutually unintelligible. Cite document ... www.cdi.gob.mx index.php?id seccion 90 ref regional languageslanguages type languages ethnic groups ... del Estado de M xico , Centro de Investigaci n en Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades location Mexico ... States Title 2 Article 40 publisher SCJN accessdate 2010 08 14 ref leader title1 President of Mexico President leader name1 Felipe Calder n National Action Party Mexico PAN leader title2 Secretary of the Interior Mexico Secretary of the Interior leader name2 Alejandro Poir Romero Alejandro Poir ... name6 legislature Congress of Mexico Congress upper house Senate Mexico Senate lower house Chamber of Deputies Mexico Chamber of Deputies sovereignty type Mexican War of Independence Independence ... in Mexico Official Mexican Timezones utc offset 8 to 6 time zone DST varies antipodes date format ... as Mexico pronounced IPAc en audio En us Mexico.ogg m k s k o lang es M xico , IPA es mexiko ... more details
Infobox language family name Corachol region western Mexico family Uto Aztecan languages Uto Aztecan familycolor Uto Aztecan child1 Cora language Cora child2 Huichol language Huichol Coracholan alternatively Corachol , Cora Huichol or Coran is a grouping of language s within the Uto Aztecan languages Uto Aztecan language family . The living members of Coracholan are the Huichol language Huichol and Cora languages , spoken by communities in Jalisco and Nayarit , states in central Mexico . Coracholan languages are Mesoamerican languages , and display many of the traits defined by the Mesoamerican Linguistic Area , or sprachbund . Category Uto Aztecan languages Category Mesoamerican languages na lang stub ... more details
Infobox language family name Mixean region Oaxaca , Veracruz , Chiapas familycolor American fam1 Mixe Zoquean languages Mixe Zoquean child1 Oaxacan Mixean languages Oaxacan Mixean child2 Oluta Popoluca Olutec child3 Sayula Popoluca Sayultec child4 Tapachultec language Tapachultec Tapachula map Mixezoquemap.png mapcaption Locations red where Mixean languages are spoken The Mixean or Mixe languages are a primary branch of the Mixe Zoquean languages Mixe Zoquean language family of southern Mexico. According to Wichmann 1995 , there are three divergent Mixean languages, and a Oaxacan branch that constitutes the bulk of the family Oluta Popoluca Veracruz Sayula Popoluca Veracruz Tapachultec language Tapachultec Chiapas, extinct Oaxacan Mixean languages References Wichmann, S ren, 1995, The Relationship among the Mixe Zoquean Languages of Mexico. University of Utah Press. Salt Lake City. ISBN 0 87480 487 6 Languages of Mexico DEFAULTSORT Mixe Languages Category Indigenous languages of Mexico Category Mesoamerican languages Category Mixe Zoque languages de Mixe Sprache es Idioma mixe nah Mixetlaht lli no Mixe spr k qu Mishi simi na lang stub ... more details
Infobox language family name Huastecan region Mesoamerica familycolor American fam1 Mayan languages Mayan child1 child2 child3 The Huastecan languages of Mexico are the most divergent branch of the Mayan languages Mayan language family . They are Wastek language Wastek Huastec and Chikomuseltek language Chikomuseltek Chicomuceltec . See Mayan languages Huastecan branch for details. Category Mayan languages na lang stub ... more details
Infobox language family name Yucatecan region Mesoamerica familycolor American fam1 Mayan languages Mayan child1 Mopan Itza child2 Yucatec Lacandon The Yucatecan languages are a branch of the Mayan languages Mayan family of Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala. Languages Mopan Itza Itza language Itza , Mopan language Mopan Yucatec Lacandon Yucatec Maya language Maya Yukatek , Lakantun language Lakantun Lacandon See Mayan languages Yucatecan branch for details. Category Mayan languages na lang stub ar ... more details
Infobox language family name Tlapanecan region Mexico , Nicaragua familycolor American fam1 Oto Manguean languages Oto Mangue fam3 Tlapanec Mangue fam2 Western Oto Mangue child1 Tlapanec language Tlapanec child2 Subtiaba language Subtiaba sil 1900 16 The Tlapanecan languages are Tlapanec Me phaa of Guerrero and the extinct Subtiaba of Nicaragua . They are the most recently recognized members of the Oto Manguean language family, the relationship having been demonstrated in 1977 by Jorge Su rez. DEFAULTSORT Tlapanecan Languages Category Oto Manguean languages ... more details
Infobox language family name Manguean region Mexico , Nicaragua , Costa Rica familycolor American fam1 Oto Manguean languages Oto Mangue fam2 Western Oto Mangue fam3 Tlapanec Mangue child1 Chorotega language Chorotega Mangue child2 Chiapanec language Chiapanec The extinct Manguean languages were a branch of the Oto Manguean languages Oto Mangean family. They were Chorotega language Chorotega of Costa Rica and Nicaragua where it was called Mangue or Monimbo , and Chiapanec language Chiapanec of Mexico . Category Oto Manguean languages es Lenguas chiapaneco mangues ... more details
Infobox language family name Popolocan region Oaxaca , Mexico familycolor American fam1 Oto Manguean languages Oto Manguean fam2 Eastern Oto Mangue fam3 Popolocan Zapotecan child1 Chochotec Chocho Popoloca languages Popoloca child2 Ixcatec language Ixcatec a single language child3 Mazatecan languages Mazatecan sil 1874 16 The Popolocan languages are a subfamily of the Oto Manguean languages Oto Manguean language family of Mexico , spoken mainly in the state of Puebla . The Popolocan languages should not be confused with the languages called Popoluca spoken in the state of Veracruz , which belong to the unrelated Mixe Zoquean languages Mixe Zoquean language family. The term comes from the Nahuatl language and means to speak unintelligibly, which is why Nahuatl speakers called several different unrelated languages Popol ca . The Nahuatl term was later adopted by the Spanish. The convention now is that the Oto Manguean languages are referred to as Popoloca and the Mixe Zoquean languages are referred to as Popoluca , although the latter term is falling into disuse. The Popolocan languages are subdivided into the Chocho Popolocan languages, including the Chocho language and seven distinct varieties of Popoloca languages Popoloca . the Ixcatec language the Mazatecan languages including a number of related languages called Mazatec External links http www.ethnologue.com show family.asp?subid 1874 16 Ethnologue report for Popolocan Category Popolocan languages Category Endangered Oto Manguean languages Na lang stub br Yezho popolokanek fr Langues popolocas ... more details
Infobox language family name Taracahitic region familycolor Uto Aztecan fam1 Uto Aztecan languages Uto Aztecan fam2 Southern Uto Aztecan languages Southern The Taracahitic or Taracahita languages are a branch of the Uto Aztecan language family of Mexico. The best known is Tarahumara language Tarahumara . Languages Tarahumaran Tarahumara language Tarahumara Guarijio language Guarij o Varihio Tubar sup sup C hita Cahita Yaqui language Yaqui &ndash Mayo language Mayo Opata language pata sup ? sup Eudeve, Heve, Dohema Category Uto Aztecan languages ... more details
Infobox language family name Zapotecan region Oaxaca , Mexico familycolor American fam1 Oto Manguean languages Oto Manguean fam2 Eastern Oto Mangue fam3 Popolocan Zapotecan child1 Zapotec languages Zapotec child2 Chatino language Chatino The Zapotecan languages are a group of related Oto Manguean languages which descend from the common proto language proto Zapotecan language spoken by the Zapotec civilization Zapotec people during the era of the dominance of Monte Alb n . The Zapotecan language group contains the languages of the Zapotec language Zapotec dialect continuum and the Chatino language . References http zapotec.agron.iastate.edu lenguas.html Lenguas Zapotecas Category Zapotecan languages Category Mesoamerican languages na lang stub br Zapotekeg es Idioma zapoteco fr Zapot que langue hr Zapotecan nah Tzapot catlaht lli nl Zapoteeks pl J zyk zapotecki ru ... more details
, 17 40. Language families Category Comecrudan languages Category Indigenous languages of Mexico ... map Comecrudan langs.png mapcaption Pre contact distribution of Comecrudan languages. Distribution continues to the south. Comecrudan refers to a group of possibly related languages spoken in the southernmost part of Texas and in northern Mexico along the Rio Grande . Comecrudo is the most well known. Very little is known about these languages or the people who spoke them. Knowledge of them primarily .... All Comecrudan languages are Extinct language extinct . Family division The three languages were ... of North American languages , Comecrudo was grouped together with the Cotoname language Cotoname and Coahuilteco language Coahuilteco languages into a family called Coahuiltecan . John R. Swanton ... language Tonkawa , Atakapa language Atakapa , and Maratino language Maratino languages into a Coahuiltecan ... Coahuiltecan into his Hokan languages Hokan stock. After these proposals, documentation of the Garza and Mamulique languages was brought to light. It is now thought that the Comecrudan languages are not part ... related. See also Native American languages Classification schemes for Native American languages Handbook ... Indian languages The historical linguistics of Native America . New York Oxford University Press. ISBN 0 19 509427 1. Campbell, Lyle & Mithun, Marianne Eds. . 1979 . The languages of native America Historical and comparative assessment . Austin University of Texas Press. Goddard, Ives. 1979 . The languages of south Texas and the lower Rio Grande. In L. Campbell & M. Mithun Eds. The languages of native America pp. 355 389 . Austin University of Texas Press. Goddard, Ives Ed. . 1996 . Languages ... Institution. ISBN 0 16 048774 9. Goddard, Ives. 1999 . Native languages and language families ... 0 8032 9271 6. Mithun, Marianne. 1999 . The languages of Native North America . Cambridge Cambridge ... Tamaulipas . Mexico City Pan American Institute of Geography and History. Sapir, Edward. 1920 . The Hokan ... more details
Infobox language family name Ch olan altname Cholan Tzeltalan region Mesoamerica familycolor American fam1 Mayan languages Mayan fam2 Western br Q anjobalan Ch olan child1 Ch olan proper child2 Tzeltalan The Ch olan sc aka Cholan Tzeltalan languages are a branch of the Mayan languages Mayan family of Mexico. Languages Cholan proper Ch ol language Ch ol Chontal Maya language Chontal , Ch orti language Ch orti Ch olti language Ch olti Tzeltalan Tzeltal language Tzeltal , Tzotzil language Tzotzil See Mayan languages Western branch for details. Category Mayan languages na lang stub ... more details
Infobox language family name Zoque altname O de p t region Chiapas , Oaxaca , Tabasco ethnicity Zoque people Zoques familycolor American fam1 Mixe Zoquean languages Mixe Zoquean child1 Gulf Zoquean child2 Chimalapa Zoque child3 Chiapas Zoque child4 ? Isthmian script Epi Olmec map Mixezoquemap.png mapcaption Locations green where Zoquean languages are spoken The Zoque languages form a primary branch of the Mixe Zoquean languages Mixe Zoquean language family indigenous to southern Mexico. They are spoken by around 70,000 indigenous Zoque people . The Zoques which date December 2011 call their language O de p t . Zoque language which date December 2011 programming is carried by the National Commission for the Development of Indigenous Peoples CDI s radio station XECOPA , broadcasting from Copainal , Chiapas . Languages Zoquean languages fall in three groups Gulf Zoquean Veracruz Zoque Sierra Popoluca Soteapan Zoque , Texistepec Popoluca , Ayapa Zoque Tabasco Zoque Oaxacan Zoque Chimalapa Zoque Chiapas Zoque Copainal Zoque , Francisco Le n Zoque , Ray n Zoque a dialect cluster References Wichmann, S ren, 1995. The Relationship Among the Mixe Zoquean Languages of Mexico . University of Utah Press. Salt Lake City. ISBN 0 87480 487 6 See also Epi Olmec script Category Indigenous languages of Mexico Category Mesoamerican languages Category Mixe Zoque languages na lang stub es Lenguas zoqueanas it Lingua zoque Tabasco pt L ngua zoque ... more details
Infobox language family name Tequistlatecan altname Chontal de Oaxaca, Slijuala xanuk ethnicity Oaxaca Chontal people Oaxaca Chontal familycolor American region Oaxaca fam1 Tolatecan languages Tolatecan ? child1 Highland Chontal child2 Coastal Chontal map Tolatecan Languages.png mapcaption The Tequistlatecan languages are in Mexico at the left of the map. The Tequistlatecan languages , also called Chontal of Oaxaca , are three close but distinct languages spoken by the Oaxaca Chontal people Chontal people of Oaxaca State, Mexico Huamelultec language Huamelultec Lowland Oaxaca Chontal , Tequistlatec language Tequistlatec proper extinct , Highland Oaxaca Chontal . The Tequistlatecan languages are part of some versions of the controversial Hokan languages Hokan Macro family proposal, but generally considered to be an language isolate isolate . Campbell and Oltrogge 1980 believe that the Tequistlatecan languages may be related to Jicaque an but this hypothesis remains to be explored further. References Campbell, Lyle and David Oltrogge, 1980, Proto Tol Jicaque , International Journal of American Linguistics, 46 205 223 Campbell, Lyle. 1979 . Middle American languages. In L. Campbell & M. Mithun Eds. , The languages of native America Historical and comparative assessment pp. 902 1000 . Austin University of Texas Press. Campbell, Lyle 1997 American Indian Languages, The Historical Linguistics of Native America , Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics, Oxford University Press External links http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code chd Ethnologues page on Highland Chontal http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code clo Ethnologues page on Lowland Chontal http cdi.gob.mx ini monografias chontalesoax.html Information of Chontal culture at INI website es icon Indigenous people of Oaxaca Category Tequistlatecan languages na lang stub de Tequistlatekische Sprachen es Lenguas tequistlatecas fr Langues tequistlat ques ru zh ... more details
Infobox language family name Piman altname Tepiman region familycolor Uto Aztecan fam1 Uto Aztecan languages Uto Aztecan fam2 Southern Uto Aztecan languages Southern Piman or Tepiman refers a group of languages within the Uto Aztecan languages Uto Aztecan family that are spoken by ethnic groups including the Pima spanning from Arizona in the north to Durango , Mexico in the south. The Piman languages are as follows Campbell 1997 1. O odham language O odham sc aka Pima language, Papago language 2. Pima Bajo sc aka Mountain Pima, Lowland Pima 3. Tepehu n language Tepehu n sc aka Northern Tepehu n, Southeastern Tepehu n, Southwestern Tepehu n 4. Tepecano Morphology Piman are agglutinative languages, where words use suffix complexes for a variety of purposes with several morpheme s strung together. Sources refbegin indent yes cite book author aut Campbell, Lyle authorlink Lyle Campbell year 1997 title American Indian Languages The Historical Linguistics of Native America format OUP paperback edition, 2000 series Oxford Studies in Anthropological Linguistics, 4 others William Bright series general ed. publisher Oxford University Press location New York isbn 0 19 509427 1 oclc 32923907 DEFAULTSORT Piman languages Category Agglutinative languages Category Uto Aztecan languages Category Languages of the United States Category Indigenous languages of the Southwestern United States Category Indigenous languages of the North American Southwest na lang stub es Lenguas tepimanas hr Piman ... more details
For American languages see Indigenous languages of the Americas Languages of North America Languages of South America Languages of the United States disambig ... more details
morpheme s strung together. References references External links Languages of Mexico DEFAULTSORT Pimic, Tepehua, Language Category Agglutinative languages Category Totonacan languages na lang stub br ...distinguish Tepehu n language Infobox language name Tepehua Hamasipini region Mexico Puebla state Puebla , Veracruz state Veracruz , Hidalgo state Hidalgo speakers 10,000 familycolor American fam1 Totozoquean languages Totozoquean ? fam2 Totonacan languages Totonacan agency http www.inali.gob.mx INALI lc1 tee ld1 Tepehua of Huehuetla ll1 none lc2 tpp ld2 Tepehua of Pisaflores ll2 none lc3 tpt ld3 Tepehua of Tlachichilco ll3 none Tepehua is an indigenous languages of Mexico indigenous language of Mexico , spoken across a number of central Mexican states by the Tepehua people Tepehua ethnic group. Tepehua is a Indigenous languages of Mesoamerica Mesoamerican language and shows many of the traits which define the Mesoamerican Linguistic Area . Along with some 62 other indigenous languages, it is recognised by a statutory law of Mexico ref PDFlink http www.inali.gob.mx pdf LGDLPI.pdf Ley General de Derechos Ling sticos de los Pueblos Ind genas 56.2 Kibibyte KiB application pdf, 57557 bytes General Law of the Linguistic Rights of Indigenous peoples , decree published 13 March 2003 ref as an official language in the Mexican Federal District and the other administrative divisions in which it is spoken, and on an equal footing with Spanish language Spanish . class wikitable cellspacing 0 cellpadding 5 width 65 style border collapse collapse Approximate number of speakers of all varieties of Tepehua 10,000 width 5 align left bgcolor 778899 span style color 000000 Language span width 5 align left bgcolor 778899 span style color 000000 ISO Code span width 22 align left bgcolor 778899 span style color 000000 Where spoken span width 20 align left bgcolor 778899 span style color 000000 ... tee Northeastern Hidalgo Mexico Hidalgo , Huehuetla, and half the town of Mecapalapa in Puebla . 3,000 ... more details
Picuris spoken in Picuris Pueblo, New Mexico Picuris Pueblo . Piro An extinct language , Piro Piro Pueblo , was formerly spoken in the more than twenty pueblos near Socorro, New Mexico . ref name ... Tanoan languages. ref Leap, William L. 1971 Who Were the Piro? Anthropological Linguistics 13 pp ... of the Tigua and Piro fled south with the Spanish to El Paso del Norte present day Ciudad Ju rez , Mexico . There they founded Ysleta, Texas , Socorro, Texas and Senecu, Mexico Senec del Sur ref Marshall ... and History of a Rio Grande Province New Mexico Historic Preservation Division, Santa Fe, p. 252 ... show family.asp?subid 92551 Ethnologue page on Tiwa Category Tanoan languages Category Languages of the United States Category Indigenous languages of the Southwestern United States Category Indigenous languages of the North American Southwest Category Tiwa Category Pueblo culture na lang ... more details
fam1 Hokan languages Hokan ? map Pomoan langs.png mapcaption Pre contact distribution of Pomoan languages ... of the languages. Of these, 45 are between the ages of 5 and 17, including 15 with limited English proficiency. Citation needed date April 2011 John Wesley Powell designated this group of languages .... ref name Powell Powell 1891 87 88 ref Geographical distribution Historically, the Pomoan languages ... , and Sonoma County in Northern California in the United States . Of the seven languages, six were ... Pomo language Northeastern Pomo , was discontiguous, separated from the other Pomo languages by an intervening region of Wintun language Wintun speakers. Internal relationships of languages File Pomoan languages map.svg 300px left thumb The seven Pomoan languages with an indication of their pre contact distribution within California. Of the current speakers of these languages, many live within the same areas. Pomoan consists of 7 distinct languages, named by Samuel Barrett in 1908 for their geographic locations. At the time of Barrett s classification, these languages were thought to be dialects of a single language. But, the diversity and non intelligibility between Pomoan languages has shown them to be seven distinct languages. Barrett s naming convention often leads those unfamiliar with the languages to the misconception that the Pomoan languages are dialects of one single Pomo language. The Kulanapan Family in John Wesley Powell s 1891 classification of North American Languages included most of the communities now known to have spoken Pomoan languages. The term Kulanapan originated ... Pomoan languages are spoken by rapidly diminishing handfuls of elderly speakers. Kashaya has the most speakers. Pomoan has been included in all formulations of the controversial Hokan languages ... Mithun first Marianne year 1999 title The languages of Native North America location Cambridge publisher ... title The internal relationships of the Pomo family of languages booktitle Actas y Memorias del XXXV ... more details
such as Mayan languages Maya date to ca. 600 900 CE. Following the Spanish Conquest of Mexico arrival ... languages diversified and spread into Oaxaca and central Mexico . In the Valley of Oaxaca, the Oto ... moved north into the Mexican Gulf Coast of Mexico Gulf Coast region . Uto Aztecan languages were still ... , a southern Uto Aztecan languages Uto Aztecan language , moved south into central Mexico. Their arrival ... after the Spanish conquest of Mexico . Some important literary works in Mesoamerican languages ... Otomian languages Otomian Otomi language Otomi Hidalgo Mexico Hidalgo , Guanajuato ... SW Mexico state M xico state 3,000 Ocuilteco Chinantecan languages Chinantecan perhaps ... Languages of Mexico publisher University of Utah Press location Salt Lake City isbn 0 87480 487 ... languages of Mexico Category Languages of North America no Mesoamerikanske spr k pt L nguas ...Image Palenque glyphs edit1.jpg thumb 400px Maya glyphs in stucco at the Museo de sitio in Palenque , Mexico ... system Mesoamerican languages are the language s Indigenous peoples of the Americas indigenous to the Mesoamerica n cultural area, which covers southern Mexico , all of Guatemala and Belize and parts ... several hundred different languages and seven major language families. Mesoamerica is also an area of high linguistic diffusion in that long term interaction among speakers of different languages through ... Area . The languages of Mesoamerica were also among the first to evolve independent traditions of writing ... languages were written in Latin script . The languages of Mesoamerica belong to 6 major families Mayan languages Mayan , Oto Manguean languages Oto Mangue , Mixe Zoquean languages Mixe Zoque , Totonacan languages Totonacan , Uto Aztecan languages Uto Aztecan and Chibchan languages only on the southern ... Tarascan , Huave language Huave , Tequistlatecan languages Tequistlatec and Misumalpan . Among ... speakers numbering more than a million. Many Mesoamerican languages today are either Language death ... more details
The Chinantec language family http www.sil.org mexico chinanteca 00i chinanteca.htm SIL Mexico http www.sil.org mexico chinanteca sochiapam 00i ChinantecoSochiapam cso.htm Sochiapan Chinantec SIL Mexico A whistled conversation in http www.sil.org mexico chinanteca sochiapam 13i Conversacion cso.htm Sochiapan Chinantec SIL Mexico Indigenous people of Oaxaca Languages of Mexico Category Ethnic groups in Mexico Category Indigenous peoples in Mexico Category Oto Manguean languages language stub ca ...no footnotes date March 2010 Infobox language name Chinantec nativename Tsa Jujmi states Mexico region Oaxaca speakers approx. 93,000 Ethnologue familycolor American fam1 Oto Manguean languages Oto Mangue fam2 Western Oto Mangue fam3 Oto Pame Chinantecan lc1 cco ld1 Comaltepec Chinantec lc2 chj ld2 Ojitl n Chinantec lc3 chq ld3 Quiotepec Chinantec lc4 chz ld4 Ozumac n Chinantec lc5 cle ld5 Lealao Chinantec lc6 cnl ld6 Lalana Chinantec lc7 cnt ld7 Tepetotutla Chinantec lc8 cpa ld8 Palantla Chinantec lc9 csa ld9 Chiltepec Chinantec lc10 cso ld10 Sochiapan Chinantec lc11 cte ld11 Tepinapa Chinantec lc12 ctl ld12 Tlacoatzintepec Chinantec lc13 cuc ld13 Usila Chinantec lc14 cvn ld14 Valle Nacional Chinantec The Chinantecs are an indigenous people that live in Oaxaca and Veracruz , Mexico , especially in the districts of Cuicatl n, Ixtl n de Ju rez , Tuxtepec and Choapan. The Chinantec languages belong to the Chinantecan branch of the Oto Manguean languages Oto Manguean family. The Ethnologue lists 14 different partially unintelligible varieties of Chinantec. Language varieties class wikitable cellspacing 0 cellpadding 5 width 65 style border collapse collapse Approximate number of speakers of all varieties of Chinantec 93,000 width 5 align left bgcolor 778899 span style color 000000 Language ... Chinantec.png 300px right thumb the tonal system of Usila Chinantec Chinantec is a tonal languages ... s languages. Chinantec also has ballistic syllable s, which is apparently of laryngeal origin ... more details
north of Mexico. Science , 54 , 408 Sapir, Edward. 1929 . Central and North American languages. Encyclopaedia ... North America child1 Chinookan languages Chinookan child2 Plateau Penutian languages Plateau Penutian child3 Takelma language Takelma child4 Kalapuyan languages Kalapuyan child5 Alsean languages Alsean child6 Siuslaw tribe Siuslaw child7 Coosan languages Coosan child8 Wintuan languages Wintuan child9 Maiduan languages Maiduan child10 Utian languages Utian child11 Yokutsan languages Yokutsan child12 Tsimshianic languages Tsimshianic map Proposed Penutian langs.png mapcaption Distribution of proposed Penutian languages. map2 Penutian eng.png Penutian is a proposed grouping of language family language families that includes many Native Americans in the United States Native American languages ... in the comparative study of languages within the phylum are the result of their early extinction .... The Miwokan and the Costanoan languages have been grouped into an Utian languages Utian language ... supporting a grouping of Utian and Yokutsan languages Yokutsan into a Yok Utian languages Yok ... for the Plateau Penutian languages Plateau Penutian grouping originally named Shahapwailutan by J ... Modoc , Molala language Molala , and the Sahaptian languages Nez Perc language Nez Perc and Sahaptin ... The name Penutian is based on the words meaning two in the Wintuan languages Wintuan , Maiduan languages Maiduan , and Yokutsan languages which is pronounced something like IPA pen and the Utian languages which is pronounced something like IPA uti . ref Dixon&Kroeber 1913a, 1913b ref Although .... Maiduan languages Utian languages Miwok Costanoan languages Wintuan languages Yokutsan languages ... into a Mutsun group 1877 . That grouping, now termed Utian languages Utian , was later conclusively ... relationship between the Miwok an and Costanoan languages . ref Goddard 1996 296 297, 311 ref Sapir ... stock, Oregon Penutian languages Oregon Penutian , which included the Coosan languages and also the language ... more details
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