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Huamelultec language

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Huamelultec
Lowland Oaxaca Chontal
Native toMexico
RegionSan Pedro Huamelula, Oaxaca
Native speakers
1,100 (2000)[1]
Hokan ?
Language codes
ISO 639-3clo
Glottologlowl1260
ELPLowland Chontal

Huamelultec (also known as Huamelula Chontal, Lowland Oaxaca Chontal, or Chontal de la Costa de Oaxaca) is one of the Chontal languages of Oaxaca, Mexico. It is spoken in the Oaxacan municipalities of San Pedro Huamelula (settlements of Barra de la Cruz, El Bejuco, El Coyul, El Gavilán, El Limón, El Porvenir, Guayacán, Los Cocos, Maximino Cruz (Rancho Maximino Cruz), Morro Ayuta, Paja Blanca, Río Papaya, Río Seco, San Isidro Chacalapa, San Pedro Huamelula, Santa María (Santa María Huamelula), and Tapanala), Santiago Astata (settlements of La Cotorra, La Tortolita (Fraccionamiento la Tortolita), Santiago Astata, Zaachila, and Zaachilac), and Tehuantepec (settlement of Morro Mazatán).[2] The name has been misspelled Tlamelula.

Phonology

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Vowels

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Front Back
Close i u
Mid e o
Open a

Consonants

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Labial Alveolar Palato-
alveolar
Palatal Velar Glottal
central palatal
Plosive voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d ɡ
ejective
Affricate voiceless ts
ejective tsʼ tʃʼ
Fricative voiceless f s ʃ x
lateral ɬ ɬʲ
glottalized ɬʼ
Nasal central m n (ŋ)
glottalized
Rhotic tap ɾ
trill r
Approximant central w j
lateral l
glottalized
  • /n/ is regularly pronounced as [ŋ] when in coda position, unless followed by an alveolar consonant.
  • Glottalized sounds /fʼ, ɬʼ/ are also said to have been pronounced as affricates [pɸʼ], [tɬʼ].[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Huamelultec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Catálogo de las Lenguas Indígenas Nacionales".
  3. ^ Maddieson, Ian; Avelino, Heriberto; O'Connor, Loretta (2009). The Phonetic Structures of Oaxaca Chontal. pp. 69–101.