Chiquihuitlán Mazatec
Chiquihuitlán Mazatec is an Otomanguean language spoken in Mexico. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Chiquihuitlán (endonym: nne nangui ngaxni [nẽ nãŋgi ŋgaʃnĩ]) is the most divergent variety of Mazatec, 47% intelligible with Huautla, the prestige variety, and even less intelligible with other Mazatecan languages. It's centered around the municipality of Chiquihuitlán de Benito Juárez, Oaxaca. In 2010, 1,502 total speakers were identified. In 2020, Chiquihuitlán de Benito Juárez had a population of 2,179, of which 1,042 were Mazatec speakers. Chiquihuitlán is spoken in an area that overlaps with Mixtec and Cuicatec speakers.
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Words in Chiquihuitlán Mazatec
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| woman | chjuun | |
| person | Suta* | |
| name | 5i7i* | |
| eye | tuSku* | |
| ear | tyhava5u7u* | |
| nose | ndethu* | |
| tooth | ne5u* | |
| tongue | ne7e* | |
| hand | cha* | |
| blood | xni* | |
| bone | ninda* | |
| skin | CuSi* | |
| knee | rku* | |
| breast | ndanisi* | |
| liver | Canga* | |
| water | nandá | |
| fire | ndi7i* | |
| sun | cu7i* | |
| star | ni5u* | |
| stone | ndyo7o* | |
| mountain | naSi* | |
| tree | ya* | |
| leaf | Ska* | |
| night | niSte* | |
| dog | na5a* | |
| fish | ti* | |
| louse | Siti* | |
| one | ngu* | |
| two | xo* | |
| I | na* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Soyaltepec MazatecOtomanguean55% alike
- San Jerónimo Tecóatl MazatecOtomanguean55% alike
- Jalapa De Díaz MazatecOtomanguean51% alike
- Ixcatlán MazatecOtomanguean49% alike
- Ayautla MazatecOtomanguean48% alike
- Huautla MazatecOtomanguean43% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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