Highland Chinantec language


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.

Phonology

Comaltepec

The following are sounds of Comaltepec Chinantec:
FrontCentralBack
High
Mid
Low

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Quiotepec

The following are sounds of Quiotepec Chinantec:
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