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Chocho Indian Language (Chochon, Chuchona, Chocholteca)

Chocho is an Oto-Manguean language of Mexico. There are fewer than 1000 Chocho speakers remaining in Oaxaca today. Chocho is a tone language and has primarily VSO word order.

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Chocholteco Language Resources

Our Online Chochotec Materials

Chocho Vocabulary:
Our list of vocabulary words in the Chocholteca language.

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

Chocholtec Language Lessons and Linguistic Descriptions

Map of Meso-American Tribes
Map showing the areas in Mexico where Chocho is spoken.

Chocho:
Wikipedia article about the Chocho language including grammar and tone information.

Chocholtec:
Demographic information about the Chocho language from the Ethnologue of Languages.

Chochotec Language Tree:
Theories about Chocho's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.

Chocho Language Structures:
Chocho linguistic profile and academic bibliography.

Links, References, and Additional Information

Endangered Languages Project: Chocho:
Bibliography of Chocho language resources.
Chocho People:

Chochos:
Encyclopedia articles about the Chocho tribe.
Los Chocholtecas:

Lengua Chocho:
Information on the Chochos and their language in Spanish.

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