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Encyclopedia > Chichimeca Jonaz language
Chichimeca Jonaz
Úza
Spoken in: Mexico 
Region: Guanajuato,
Total speakers: <200
Language family: American
 Oto-Manguean
  Oto-Pame
   Chichimeca Jonaz
Language codes
ISO 639-1: none
ISO 639-2: to be added
ISO/FDIS 639-3: pei

The Chichimeca Jonaz language is an indigenous language of Mexico spoken by around 200 Chichimeca Jonaz people in the state of Guanajuato. The Chichimeca Jonaz language belongs to the Oto-Pamean branch of the Oto-manguean linguistic family. Chichimeca Jonaz is a ltonal language and distinguish high and low level tones (Suaréz 1983, pg 51). Guanajuato is a state in the central highlands of Mexico. ... Current distribution of Human Language Families Most languages are known to belong to language families. ... Oto-Manguean languages are a large family of Native American languages spoken in Mexico. ... ISO 639-1 is the first part of the ISO 639 international-standard language-code family. ... ISO 639-2:1998 Codes for the representation of names of languages — Part 2: Alpha-3 code Twenty-two of the languages have two three-letter codes: a code for bibliographic use (ISO 639-2/B) a code for terminological use (ISO 639-2/T). ... ISO 639-3 is in process of development as an international standard for language codes. ... For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words see here. ... Phonetics (from the Greek word φωνή, phone meaning sound, voice) is the study of sounds and the human voice. ... Because of technical limitations, some web browsers may not display some special characters in this article. ... This is a concise version of the International Phonetic Alphabet for English sounds. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The Chichimeca Jonaz are a group of indigenous Mexicans living in Guanajuato and San Luis Potosí. In Guanajuato State the Chichimeca Jonaz people live in a community of San Luis de la Paz municipality. ... Guanajuato is a state in the central highlands of Mexico. ... Oto-Manguean languages (also Otomanguean) are a large family comprised of several families of Native American languages. ... It has been suggested that Tonal language be merged into this article or section. ...


References

  • Suaréz, Jorge A, 1983, The Mesoamerican Indian Languages, Cambridge, CUP


 
 

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