Language Family

Chatino languages

North American Language Families

Chatino is a group of indigenous Mesoamerican languages. These languages are a branch of the Zapotecan family within the Oto-Manguean language family. They are natively spoken by 45,000 Chatino people, whose communities are located in the southern portion of the Mexican state of Oaxaca.

Facts
Region
Oaxaca, Mexico 2
Speaker Count
52,076 2
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Classification Confidence
Established 1
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Number of Languages
7 1
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Sources
1. Glottolog: Chatino (languoid record)
Glottolog
  • Languoid record: child_language_count
    "child_language_count": 7
  • Languoid record: level and category
    "level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
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2. Wikipedia: Chatino languages
  • Infobox, region
    Oaxaca, Mexico
  • Infobox, speakers
    52076
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Wikidata: Chatino languages
Wikidata Q35111, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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