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Chichimeca Indian Language (Chichimec, Chichimeco, Jonaz)

Chichimeca is an Oto-Manguean language spoken by a few hundred indigenous people in rural Mexico. It is a tone language and has primarily VSO word order.

˜Chichimeca Language Resources –

The Confusing Name Chichimeca
Explanation of the origin of the name "Chichimec," with a language map of Mexico.

Chichimeca-Jonaz
Demographic information about Chichimeca from the Ethnologue of Languages.

Links, References, and Additional Information

Chichimeca

Chichimec People:
    Encyclopedia articles about the Chichimecs.
   Lengua Chichimeco:
    Information on the Chichimeca language in Spanish.

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