| Highland Chatino | |
|---|---|
| Sierra Chatino | |
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Oaxaca |
Native speakers | 17,800 (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:ctp – Western Highlandcly – Eastern Highland (Lachao-Yolotepec)cya – Nopalactz – Zacatepec |
| Glottolog | east2736 |
| ELP | Western Highland Chatino |
Highland Chatino is an indigenous Mesoamerican language, one of the Chatino family of the Oto-Manguean languages. Dialects are rather diverse; neighboring dialects are about 80% mutually intelligible.
For grammatical details, see Chatino languages, which includes examples from Yaitepec dialect.
- ^ Western Highland at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
Eastern Highland (Lachao-Yolotepec) at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
Nopala at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
Zacatepec at Ethnologue (19th ed., 2016)
