Chiapanec is a presumably extinct indigenous Mexican language of the Oto-Manguean language family believed to have been spoken by the Chiapanec people. The 1990 census[2] reported 17 speakers of the language in southern Chiapas out of an ethnic population of 32, but later investigations failed to find any speakers.[3]
| Chiapanec | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Chiapas |
| Extinct | ca. 2000?[1] |
Oto-Mangue
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | cip |
| Glottolog | chia1262 |
| ELP | Chiapanec |
There are, however, a number of written sources on the language. Vocabularies and grammars based on these materials include Aguilar Penagos (2012) and Carpio-Penagos and Álvarez-Vázquez (2014).
It is closely related to Mangue.
Phonology
editConsonants
edit| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t | tʃ | k | ʔ | |
| prenasal | ᵐb | ⁿd | ᵑɡ | ||||
| Fricative | s | ʃ | h | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ̊ | ɲ | |||
| Flap | ɾ | ||||||
| Glide | w | l | j | ||||
Vowels
editFour vowels are noted as /i, a, o, u/.
Notes
edit- ^ Chiapanec at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022)
- ^ Ethnologue report for language code:cip
- ^ LISTSERV 14.4 Archived October 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
Bibliography
edit- Aguilar Panagos, Mario. (1992) "Diccionario de la lengua chiapaneca". México: Gobierno del Estado de Chiapas.
- Aguilar Penagos, Mario. (2012) "Gramática de la lengua chiapaneca". México: FONCA-CONACULTA 21.
- del Carpio-Penagos, Carlos Uriel, and Juan Ramón Álvarez-Vázquez. (2014) "Vocabulary of the Chiapaneca Language from the Late 18th Century."Revista LiminaR. Estudios Sociales y Humanísticos 12.1.