Chicahuaxtla Triqui (Nânj nì’ïn)

Chicahuaxtla Triqui is an Eastern Oto-Manguean language spoken in the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico, particularly in the districts of Tlaxiaco and Putla.

In 2007 there were about 4,060 speakers of Chicahuaxtla Triqui in the communities of San Andŕes Chicahuaxtla, La Laguna Guadalupe, San Isidro de Morelos, San Marcos Mesoncito, Santa Cruz, Zaragoza, Yosunduchi, La Cãnada Tejocote, Miguel Hidalgo Chicahuaxtla, San Jos ́e Xochixtĺan, Santo Domingo and San Isidro del Estado. The language is also known as Chicahuaxtla Trique, Trike, Trique, Triqui Alto or Triqui de Chicahuaxtla

Chicahuaxtla Triqui alphabet and pronunciation

Notes

• Chicahuaxtla Triqui has five basic tones and 10 to 15 tonal contours. In transcriptions they are indicated with superscript numbers. Some can also be indicated with accented letters, for example: a high tone [˥/˦˥] indicated with an acute accent (á), a middle tone [˧] indicated with a macron (ā), and the low tone [˩] is indicated by a grave accent (à).

Details of the Chicahuaxtla Triqui alphabet provided by Wolfram Siegel

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Sample text

Nej yumanꞌ Aꞌmin Nânj Nï̀nꞌïn mân neꞌ gatûj gui riñan hioꞌó Akuej, ni̱ màn daꞌngaꞌ ꞌngo̱ si chi̱ꞌ nej sij yùhuìj mîn guiì. Ni̱ huàꞌnï̀nj yiꞌnïnꞌ huin sa hua̱ ni̱nï̱n ni̱ daꞌ goꞌngo̱ nej yumanꞌ nânj huin sa ña̱ꞌa̱n doj ni̱ nej yuman nânj huin: Yumanꞌ Nìko ni̱ ta̱a huìj mîn tá gàꞌanj siêntu riñan nne ña̱ꞌa̱nj.

Source: https://triquidechicahuaxtla.org/trs/gi̱niꞌhiaj-nej-suj-dàj-hua-ñan-màn-nej-guiì-aꞌmin-nânj-nï̀nꞌïn

Videos in Chicahuaxtla Triqui

Links

Information about Chicahuaxtla Triqui
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triqui_de_Chicahuaxtla
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenguas_triquis
https://www.ethnologue.com/language/trs
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-international-phonetic-association/article/chicahuaxtla-triqui/
https://www.cambridge.org (PDF)
https://www.academia.edu/33732350/Tono_y_fonología_segmental_en_el_triqui_de_Chicahuaxtla
https://triquidechicahuaxtla.org

Oto-Manguean languages

Chinanteco, Chatino, Chicahuaxtla Triqui, Chiquihuitlán Mazatec, Coatzospan Mixtec, Copala Triqui, Jalapa Mazatec, Mazahua, Mazatec, Mixtec, Otomi, San Martín Itunyoso Triqui, Santo Domingo del Estero Triqui, Tlapanec, Zapotec

Languages written with the Latin alphabet

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