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Lowland Oaxaca Chontal

Lowland Oaxaca Chontal is a Tequistlatecan language spoken in Mexico. Glottolog rates it moribund.

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Lowland Oaxaca Chontal · 15.9°N 95.7°W

Huamelultec (also known as Huamelula Chontal, Lowland Oaxaca Chontal, or Chontal de la Costa de Oaxaca) is one of the Chontal languages of Oaxaca, Mexico. It is spoken in the Oaxacan municipalities of San Pedro Huamelula (settlements of Barra de la Cruz, El Bejuco, El Coyul, El Gavilán, El Limón, El Porvenir, Guayacán, Los Cocos, Maximino Cruz (Rancho Maximino Cruz), Morro Ayuta, Paja Blanca, Río Papaya, Río Seco, San Isidro Chacalapa, San Pedro Huamelula, Santa María (Santa María Huamelula), and Tapanala), Santiago Astata (settlements of La Cotorra, La Tortolita (Fraccionamiento la Tortolita), Santiago Astata, Zaachila, and Zaachilac), and Tehuantepec (settlement of Morro Mazatán).

The name has been misspelled Tlamelula.

From Wikipedia · Huamelultec language · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Lowland Oaxaca Chontal

MeaningWordRomanization
personasans*
nameguftyi5e*
eyeu*
earasmas*
nosenaL*
tootha7ay*
tongueapaL*
handmane*
bloodawxac*
boneekaL*
skinesmi*
kneeankonne*
liverenteda*
wateraxa7*
fireunkwa*
starsanna*
stoneapix*
mountainiwxala*
treeex*
leafipela*
nightipugi7*
dogmilya*
fishatyu*
louseaykwih*
one5ulyi*
twokwesi7*
Iiya7*
youima7*
weiyank*
drinksna*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.

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