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Chatino Indian Language

Chatino is an Oto-Manguean language of Mexico. There are seven varieties of Chatino, which are considered separate languages by some people and dialects of the same language by others: Lachao-Yolopotec, Yaitepec, Zacatepec, Zenzontepec, Lowland Chatino (Tatalpatec), East Highland Chatino (Nopala), and West Highland Chatino. Taken together there are at least 30,000 speakers of Chatino languages in Mexico today. They are tone languages and have primarily VSO word order.

˜Chatino Language Resources –

Our Online Chatino Materials

Chatino Vocabulary:
Our list of vocabulary words in the Chatino language.

Chatino Animal Words:
Illustrated glossary of animal words in the Chatino language.

Chatino Language Lessons and Linguistic Descriptions

Tataltepec Chatino Language

Chatino Language Map

Chatino Orthography

Chatino Phonology:
Nopala Chatino Grammar

Nopala Chatino Alphabet

Tataltepec Chatino Text

Tataltepec Chatino Numbers:
Scanned-in Chatino language materials from the Rosetta Project.

Kityi Cha' Kña Na':
Words and sentences in the Chatino language.

Chatino:
Wikipedia article on the Chatino language.

Bible Parts in Chatino

Tataltepec Chatino Prayer

Genesis in Tataltepec Chatino

West Highland Chatino Bible Passage:
Chatino Prayer

Chatino Bible Translations

More Chatino Bible Translations:
Chatino translations of the Christian prayers and Biblical passages.

Eastern Highland Chatino

Nopala Chatino

Tataltepec Chatino

Western Highland Chatino:
Zacatepec Chatino

Zenzontepec Chatino:
Demographic information about the Chatino languages from the Ethnologue of Languages.

Links, References, and Additional Information

Chatino Tribe

Chatino People:
    Encyclopedia articles about the Chatinos.
   Lengua Chatino:
    Information on the Chatino language in Spanish.

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