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Sochiapam Chinantec

Sochiapam Chinantec is an Otomanguean language spoken in Mexico. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Sochiapam Chinantec · 17.8°N 96.6°W

Sochiapam ( soh-CHEE-ə-pam) is a Chinantec language of Mexico. It is most similar to Tlacoatzintepec Chinantec, with which it has 66% intelligibility (intelligibility in the reverse direction is 75%, presumably due to greater familiarity in that direction).

Sochiapam has seven tones: high, mid, low, high falling, mid falling, mid rising, low rising.

Like other Chinantec and Mazatec languages, Sochiapam Chinantec is noted for having whistled speech (produced only by men, but understood by all). More unusually, it has also been reported to have a rare marked absolutive case system.

From Wikipedia · Sochiapam Chinantec · CC BY-SA 4.0

Words in Sochiapam Chinantec

MeaningWordRomanization
womancá²mɨ³
personca*
eyemuma7*
earkua*
nosei7*
toothha*
tonguezuh*
handkuo*
bloodhmu*
bonemu*
skinlau*
breasttiu7*
livermah*
waterhmaɨ²
firesu*
sunyu*
starcihmau*
stoneku*
mountainma7*
treema*
leafmu*
nightua*
dogcau*
fishhuo*
onekau*
twotu*
Ihna*
younu*
wehno7*
drink7u7*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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Vocabulary

Grammar

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

Nearby languages

Tlacoatzintepec ChinantecTepetotutla ChinantecTeutila CuicatecTepeuxila CuicatecUsila ChinantecQuiotepec ChinantecComaltepec ChinantecChiquihuitlán MazatecPalantla ChinantecValle Nacional Chinantec

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