The languages are spoken by the indigenous Chinantec people who live in Oaxaca and Veracruz, Mexico, especially in the districts of Cuicatlán, Ixtlán de Juárez, Tuxtepec and Choapan, and …

Chinantec, Middle American Indians of northwestern Oaxaca in southern Mexico. The area is mountainous and not easily accessible. The Chinantec, who numbered about 150,000 in the …

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 …

Chinantec cosmology posited two worlds, day and night, in eternal struggle. Creation myths varied but most were based on humans descending from monkeys or monkeys as the ancients.

Palantla Chinantec, also known as Chinanteco de San Pedro Tlatepuzco, is a major Chinantecan language of Mexico, spoken in San Juan Palantla and a couple dozen neighboring towns in …

Chinantecan is a group of about 14 VSO languages within the Otomanguean family, spoken by ap-proximately 90,000 people in northeastern Oaxaca, Mexico, having branched from the …

Jul 28, 2024 · As one of the myriad indigenous languages of Mexico, Chinanteco serves as a vital cultural and linguistic link for its speakers. Despite being lesser-known on the global stage, this …

Chinanteco is an Oto-Manguean language of Mexico. Actually, there are 14 different Chinanteco languages. Although they are closely related to each other, each Chinanteco langauge is …

Development programs instituted since 1947 by the Papaloapan River Commission displaced other lowland Chinantec. The Chinantec region is contiguous with Zapotec communities to the …

Lalana-Tepinapa Chinantec is a Chinantecan language of Mexico, spoken in 30 towns in a remote region along the Oaxaca – Veracruz border. Outlying varieties of Lalana and Tepinapa …