Tequistlatecan languages

Spoken in

• Hokan languages ​​(?) Tequistlateco - Jicaque

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Chd (Highlands), clo ( lowland )

The Tequistlatekischen languages ​​( Tequistlateco, Chontal de Oaxaca ) are a language family in America with a total of about 4,000 speakers. It consists of three related, but not mutually intelligible languages ​​, which are spoken only in the state of Oaxaca in Mexico. It belongs to the indigenous American languages ​​.

Tequistlatecan than language family no ISO 639-2 code. According to ISO 639-3 language codes, it has two: " chd " for the Highland languages ​​and " clo " for low -level languages.

Classification of Tequistlatekischen languages

• Tequistlatekisch (possibly extinct, formerly in Tequisistlán, Oaxaca )
• Huamelultekisch or Huamelula Chontal ( Lowland Chontal of Oaxaca, also: Chontal de la Costa de Oaxaca ): 950 speakers in southern Oaxaca, Tehuantepec, San Pedro and Santiago Huamelula Astata according to SIL International
• Highland Chontal of Oaxaca (also: Chontal de la Sierra de Oaxaca, sometimes referred to as Tequistlatekisch ): 3600 spokesman in South Oaxaca, west of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, San José Chiltepec, San Lucas Ixcatepec and 15 other locations, according to SIL International

Some linguists assign the tequistlatekischen languages ​​of the disputed language family of the Hokan languages.

Today's sociolinguistic situation

The Tequistlatekische in the narrower sense is considered extinct. All that remains are the two as " Chontal " designated languages ​​whose speakers mostly speak Spanish. The Huamelultekische ( Lowland Chontal of Oaxaca ) is classified as highly endangered because it is rarely spoken of children. In the census in 2010 gave Mexico 4412 persons from 3 years " Chontal de Oaxaca " as mother tongue. 4270 of 4394 speakers over 5 years or 97.18 % reported speaking Spanish. 224 children aged between 3 and 14 years (114 3-9 years old) spoke " Chontal de Oaxaca ", which makes up from 3 years 5.08% of all speakers of " Chontal de Oaxaca ", while 25.16 % of the total population of Mexico from 3 years 3-14 years old are (2.85 % compared to 14.71 % in the age group of 3 to 9 years ).