Chatino language
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.
| Chatino | |
|---|---|
| Chaqcña, Chaqꟳ tnyaᴶ | |
| Ethnicity | Chatino people |
| Geographic distribution | Oaxaca, Mexico |
Native speakers | 52,000 (2020 census) |
| Linguistic classification | Oto-Manguean
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| Subdivisions | |
| Glottolog | chat1268 |
The Chatinos have close cultural and linguistic ties with the Zapotec people, whose languages form the other branch of the Zapotecan language family. Chatinos call their language chaqꟳ tnyaᴶ. Chatino is recognized as a national language in Mexico.
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