Quiotepec Chinantec
Quiotepec Chinantec is an Otomanguean language spoken in Mexico. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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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.
From Wikipedia · Highland Chinantec language · CC BY-SA 4.0
Words in Quiotepec Chinantec
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ca* | |
| eye | uni* | |
| ear | locwo* | |
| hand | kwoX* | |
| blood | Xmu* | |
| bone | moX* | |
| skin | lo* | |
| breast | tiu7* | |
| water | XmuX* | |
| fire | Xu* | |
| sun | 5i7* | |
| star | niu* | |
| stone | kuX* | |
| mountain | moX7* | |
| tree | 7mo* | |
| leaf | mo* | |
| night | kaniX* | |
| dog | ciX* | |
| fish | XoX7taiXXmuX* | |
| one | koX* | |
| two | tu* | |
| I | Xna* | |
| you | 7ni* | |
| we | XnaX* | |
| die | hou5* | |
| come | ho* | |
| path | fu* | |
| new | 7m* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Ozumacín ChinantecOtomanguean38% alike
- Comaltepec ChinantecOtomanguean38% alike
- Sochiapam ChinantecOtomanguean32% alike
- Lalana ChinantecOtomanguean32% alike
- Ojitlán ChinantecOtomanguean25% alike
- Palantla ChinantecOtomanguean21% alike
Grammar
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- San Baltazar Loxicha ZapotecOtomanguean84% alike
- Western Tlacolula Valley ZapotecOtomanguean84% alike
- BobongkoAustronesian83% alike
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- Ocotlán ZapotecOtomanguean82% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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