Highland Oaxaca Chontal
Highland Oaxaca Chontal is a Tequistlatecan language spoken in Mexico. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Highland Oaxaca Chontal, or Chontal de la Sierra de Oaxaca, is one of the Chontal languages of Oaxaca, Mexico. It is sometimes called Tequistlatec, but is not the same as Tequistlatec proper, which is extinct.
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Words in Highland Oaxaca Chontal
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | Sans* | |
| name | laftine* | |
| eye | la7u* | |
| ear | laS7mas* | |
| nose | naL* | |
| tooth | ay* | |
| tongue | ba* | |
| hand | mane* | |
| blood | wak* | |
| bone | gaL* | |
| skin | biL* | |
| knee | None* | |
| breast | duwe* | |
| liver | da* | |
| water | laha7* | |
| fire | LuNa* | |
| sun | ora* | |
| star | Samna* | |
| stone | bik* | |
| mountain | Liwala* | |
| tree | al7ek* | |
| leaf | libela* | |
| night | muf* | |
| dog | ciki* | |
| fish | du* | |
| louse | StaL* | |
| one | anuli* | |
| two | ogue7* | |
| I | iya7* | |
| you | ima7* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Lowland Oaxaca ChontalTequistlatecan42% alike
- Dori'oAustronesian10% alike
- Riuk Bekati'Austronesian9% alike
- WaboAustronesian9% alike
- NalikAustronesian9% alike
- Rejang KayanAustronesian9% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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