Lowland Oaxaca Chontal
Lowland Oaxaca Chontal is a Tequistlatecan language spoken in Mexico. Glottolog rates it moribund.
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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
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | asans* | |
| name | guftyi5e* | |
| eye | u* | |
| ear | asmas* | |
| nose | naL* | |
| tooth | a7ay* | |
| tongue | apaL* | |
| hand | mane* | |
| blood | awxac* | |
| bone | ekaL* | |
| skin | esmi* | |
| knee | ankonne* | |
| liver | enteda* | |
| water | axa7* | |
| fire | unkwa* | |
| star | sanna* | |
| stone | apix* | |
| mountain | iwxala* | |
| tree | ex* | |
| leaf | ipela* | |
| night | ipugi7* | |
| dog | milya* | |
| fish | atyu* | |
| louse | aykwih* | |
| one | 5ulyi* | |
| two | kwesi7* | |
| I | iya7* | |
| you | ima7* | |
| we | iyank* | |
| drink | sna* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- Highland Oaxaca ChontalTequistlatecan42% alike
- CupeñoUto-Aztecan14% alike
- MolokoAfro-Asiatic10% alike
- ZumbunAfro-Asiatic10% alike
- UspantecoMayan9% alike
- Southeastern PomoPomoan9% alike
Grammar
- IwaidjaIwaidjan Proper88% alike
- BolinaoAustronesian88% alike
- GuatóIsolates85% alike
- Coeur d'AleneSalishan83% alike
- Western Tlacolula Valley ZapotecOtomanguean83% alike
- LotudAustronesian82% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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