Huamelultec language explained

Huamelultec
Nativename:Lowland Oaxaca Chontal
Region:San Pedro Huamelula, Oaxaca
Date:2000
Ref:e18
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Hokan ?
Fam2:Tequistlatecan
Iso3:clo
Glotto:lowl1260
Glottorefname:Lowland Oaxaca Chontal
States:Mexico

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).[1] The name has been misspelled Tlamelula.

Phonology

Vowels

FrontBack
Closeiu
Mideo
Opena

Consonants

LabialAlveolarPalato-
alveolar
PalatalVelarGlottal
centralpalatal
Plosivevoicelesspronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
voicedpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
ejectivepronounced as /ink/
Affricatevoicelesspronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
ejectivepronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
Fricativevoicelesspronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
lateralpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
glottalizedpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
Nasalcentralpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/(pronounced as /ink/)
glottalizedpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
Rhotictappronounced as /ink/
trillpronounced as /ink/
Approximantcentralpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
lateralpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
glottalizedpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Catálogo de las Lenguas Indígenas Nacionales .
  2. Book: Maddieson . Ian . The Phonetic Structures of Oaxaca Chontal . Avelino . Heriberto . O'Connor . Loretta . 2009 . 69–101.