Eastern Highland Chatino 2001 Edition (CLYAVA)

Overview

New Testament in Eastern Highland Chatino, 2001 edition, published by Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. Chatino is an Oto-Manguean language family spoken in the southern part of Oaxaca state, Mexico. Eastern Highland Chatino (ISO 639-3: cly), also known as Lachao-Yolotepec Chatino, is spoken by approximately 2,000 people in the southeastern Oaxaca villages of Lachao Pueblo Nuevo and Santa María Yolotepec. [1][3] The Chatino languages are tonal, with some varieties exhibiting more than fourteen lexically contrastive tones; the Chatino Language Documentation Project, led by linguists Emiliana Cruz, Hilaria Cruz, and Anthony Woodbury, has produced extensive academic documentation of these tonal systems. [4][5] SIL Mexico worked with Chatino communities on translation and literacy. [2]

Language and People

Eastern Highland Chatino (ISO 639-3: cly) is spoken by approximately 2,000 people in Southern Central Mexico. [Glottolog: east2558]

Publishing and Organizations

Published by Wycliffe Bible Translators USA.

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