Chinanteco is a group of Oto-Manguean languages spoken in Oaxaca and Veracruz in Mexico by about 80,000 people. As there is only some mutual intelligibity between the different Chinanteco languages, they are considered by most linguists as separate languages rather than dialects.
There are also whistled version of Chinanteco languages. There are only used by men, but are understood by women.
Source: Vamos A Leer en la lengua chinanteca de San Pedro Tlatepuzco
Details of Chinanteco pronunciation supplied by Michael Peter Füstumum
Lej ni sou tsa lisia ijaa sia ikou' ne kojo jï ne juso ne jmo' re ju i s' jmo' nö sala ne sasno.
La juu dsa lu siä Dsa kö ñi ba dsa, nía kö ni' ba na lu' dsa e dsa tï é li jnia' roö'.
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They
are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another
in a spirit of brotherhood.
(Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights)
210 - Whistles in the Mist: Whistled Speech in Oaxaca from The Southwest Center-Dan Duncan, on Vimeo.
Information about Chinanteco languages
http://www.native-languages.org/chinantec.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinantecan_languages
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinanteco
http://www.sil.org/mexico/chinanteca/00i-chinanteca.htm
http://www.conevyt.org.mx/cursos/indigenas/lenguas_ind/index1.htm
http://www.mexico.sil.org/es/lengua_cultura/chinanteca/sochiapam_chinantec
http://www.mexico.sil.org/language_culture/chinantecan/sochiapam/sochiapam_whistle
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
Why not share this page:
If you need to type in many different languages, the Q International Keyboard can help. It enables you to type almost any language that uses the Latin, Cyrillic or Greek alphabets, and is free.
If you like this site and find it useful, you can support it by making a donation via PayPal or Patreon, or by contributing in other ways. Omniglot is how I make my living.
Note: all links on this site to Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk
and Amazon.fr
are affiliate links. This means I earn a commission if you click on any of them and buy something. So by clicking on these links you can help to support this site.