Highland Chinantec language

Highland Chinantec
Highland Chinantec
Jmii’
Native to	Mexico
Region	Oaxaca Highlands
Ethnicity	Chinantecs
Native speakers	(10,000 cited 1990–1998)
Language family	Oto-Mangue Western Oto-Mangue Oto-Pame–Chinantecan Chinantec Highland Chinantec; ; ; ;
Dialects	Quiotepec Chinantec; Comaltepec Chinantec; Yolox Chinantec;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either:; chq – Quiotepec Chinantec; cco – Comaltepec Chinantec
Glottolog	chin1488

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.

References

^ Quiotepec Chinantec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Comaltepec Chinantec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[e18-1] Quiotepec Chinantec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Comaltepec Chinantec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

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