Highland Chatino
Highland Chatino is an indigenous Mesoamerican language, one of the Chatino family of the Oto-Manguean languages. Dialects are rather diverse; Ethnologue 16 counts them as three languages as follows:
- Eastern Highland Chatino (Lachao-Yolotepec dialect)
- Western Chatino (Yaitepec, Panixtlahuaca, and Quiahije dialects)
- Nopala Chatino
| Highland Chatino | |
|---|---|
| Sierra Chatino | |
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Oaxaca |
Native speakers | 17,800 (2000) |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:ctp – Western Highlandcly – Eastern Highland (Lachao-Yolotepec)cya – Nopala |
| Glottolog | east2736 = Zacatepec–Highlands |
| ELP | Western Highland Chatino |
Neighboring dialects between the three groups are about 80% mutually intelligible; diversity among the three Western dialects is almost as great.
For phonological and grammatical details, see Chatino languages, which includes examples from Yaitepec dialect.
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