The Chatinos are an indigenous people of Mexico . Chatino communities are located in the southeastern region of the state of Oaxaca in southern central Mexico. Their native Chatino language are spoken by about 23,000 people (Ethnologue surveys), but ethnic Chatinos may number many more. The Chatinos of San Juan Quiahije call themselves neq-a tnya-j and their language Chaq-f tnya-b .
5-597: Chatino may refer to: Chatinos , an ethnic group of Mexico Chatino languages , a group of languages of Mexico Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Chatino . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chatino&oldid=974663693 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
10-737: A system based on civil and religious roles, in which advice from elders is treated as the greatest authority. They believe in the Holy Grandmother, the Holy Father Sun, the Holy Mother Earth, and the Holy Mother Moon. In addition, they worship the deities of water, wind, rain, the mountain, and fire. Chatino is a family of indigenous Mesoamerican languages, which is classified under the Zapotecan branch of
15-613: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Language and nationality disambiguation pages Chatinos Chatino populations are found in the following Oaxacan municipalities , mostly in the area around Juquila: Santos Reyes Nopala , San Juan Quiahije or KichinA kiqyaC, San Miguel Panixtlahuaca or KchinA SkwiE, Santiago Yaitepec or KeG XinE, Santa Cruz Zenzontepec or QyaC ytiB, San Juan Lachao or TsoH, Santa María Temaxcaltepec or XyanA, Santa Catarina Juquila or SqweF and Tataltepec de Valdés or LoA qoJ. The region that
20-756: The Oto-Manguean language family . The Chatino people have close cultural and linguistic ties with the Zapotec peoples , whose Zapotec language form the rest of the Zapotecan branch of the Otomanguean language family. According to Campbell, there are three main Chatino languages, which exhibit varying degrees of mutual intelligibility : Zenzontepec Chatino, Tataltepec Chatino, and Eastern or Highland Chatino. Varieties of Eastern or Highland Chatino are
25-657: The Chatinos inhabit is rich in natural resources. Traditionally many Chatino people have been involved in agriculture , which depends very much on the climate, so some Chatinos have had to emigrate to the corners of the district of Juquila to work on coffee plantations. Most Chatino communities have public services, and there are runways for airports in many municipalities . Federal bilingual schools, high schools, and telesecundarias (distance education programs for secondary and high school students) have been established. The traditional authorities of this people are organized in
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