Highland Chinantec language
Highland Chinantec | |
---|---|
Jmii’ | |
Native to | Mexico |
Region | Oaxaca Highlands |
Ethnicity | Chinantecs |
Native speakers | (10,000 cited 1990–1998)[1] |
Oto-Mangue
| |
Dialects |
|
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either:chq – Quiotepec Chinanteccco – 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.
Phonology[]
Comaltepec[]
The following are sounds of Comaltepec Chinantec:[2][3]
Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Laryngeal | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
- 1. Parenthesised sounds are loans, allophones, or free variants
- 2. Voiced stops are frequently prenasalised
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
High | i | ɨ | u |
Mid | e | ʌ | o |
Low | æ | a |
- Tones
![]() | This section is empty. You can help by . (December 2020) |
Quiotepec[]
The following are sounds of Quiotepec Chinantec:[4]
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Laryngeal | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | z | ʝ | ɣ | ||
Lateral | l | |||||
Trill | r |
Front | Back | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
unrounded | rounded | unrounded | rounded | |
High | i | y | ɨ | u |
Low | e | ø | a | o |
- Tones
![]() | This section is empty. You can help by . (December 2020) |
References[]
- ^ Quiotepec Chinantec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Comaltepec Chinantec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - ^ Anderson, Judi Lynn, Martínez, Isaac H., & Pace, Wanda. (1990). Comaltepec Chinantec Tone. In William R. Merrifield & Calvin R. Rensch (Eds.), Syllables, Tone, and Verb Paradigms: Studies in Chinantec Languages 4 (pp. 3-20). Dallas, TX: Summer Institute of Linguistics.
- ^ Silverman, Daniel. (1997). Tone Sandhi in Comaltepec Chinantec. Language, 73(3), 473-492.
- ^ Robbins, Frank E. (1961). Quiotepec Chinantec Syllable Patterning. International Journal of American Linguistics, 27(3), 237-250.
Categories:
- Chinantec languages