Chatino language
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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,[2] whose communities are located in the southern portion of the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
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Chatino | |
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Chaqcña, Chaqꟳ tnyaᴶ[what language is this?] | |
Ethnicity | Chatino people |
Geographic distribution | Oaxaca, Mexico |
Native speakers | 52,000 (2020 census)[1] |
Linguistic classification | Oto-Manguean
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Glottolog | chat1268 |
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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[what language is this?].[lower-alpha 1] Chatino is recognized as a national language in Mexico.