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Chatino
Chaqcña, Chaqꟳ tnyaᴶ[what language is this?]
EthnicityChatino people
Geographic
distribution
Oaxaca, Mexico
Native speakers
52,000 (2020 census)[1]
Linguistic classificationOto-Manguean
  • Zapotecan
    • Chatino
Subdivisions
  • Highland Chatino
  • Zacatepec Chatino
  • Tataltepec Chatino
  • Zenzontepec Chatino
  • Teojomulco Chatino †
Glottologchat1268

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.

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?].[a] Chatino is recognized as a national language in Mexico.

  1. ^ Lenguas indígenas y hablantes de 3 años y más, 2020 INEGI. Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020.
  2. ^ INALI (2012) México: Lenguas indígenas nacionales


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