Language name and location: Comaltepec Chinantec, Mexico [Refer to Ethnologue]

语言名称和分布地区: 科马尔特佩克-奇南特克语, 墨西哥南部瓦哈卡州

 

1. kõːˡ / haːŋ² * 

21.  gʸéː³ kõː² /  gʸéː³ háŋ²

2. tṹ³   / gáŋ³

22.  gʸéː³ tṹ³ /  gʸéː³ túŋ³

3. ʔnï²³  / gaːŋ²

23.  gʸéː³ kʸṏ́² / gʸéː³ ʔnḯːŋ³⁴

4. kʸṏ́³ / kʸúːŋ³

24.  gʸéː³ kʸṏ́² / gʸéː³ kʸúːŋ³

5. ʔnʸǽ² / ʔníŋ³

25.  gʸéː³ ʔnʸǽ² / gʸéː³ ʔníːŋ³

6. ŋŋö́ː³ / ŋŋúːŋ³

26.  gʸéː³ ŋŋöː³ / gʸéː³ ŋŋúːŋ³
7.  gʸé³ / gʸáːŋ³ 27.  gʸéː³ gʸé³ / gʸéː³ gʸáːŋ³

8. ŋŋʸǽ² / ŋŋʸíːŋ³

28.  gʸéː³ ŋŋʸǽ² / gigíŋ³

9.  ŋʸö́³ / ŋʸúːŋ³

29.  gʸéː³ ŋö́³ / gʸéː³ ŋúːŋ³

10. gí³ / ŋʸúːŋ³

30.  gigí³ /  gigíŋ³

11. gikõː² /  gijáŋ²

40.  tũló³ / tũláŋ³

12. gitũ²³ / gitúŋ³

50.  tũláŋ³ / tũláŋ³ zi²⁴ gí³

13. giʔnï²³ / giʔní:ŋ²

60.  sesenta ( <  Spanish )

14. gikʸṏ́² / gikʸúːŋ³

70.  setenta ( <  Spanish )

15. giʔnʸǽ² /  giʔníːŋ³

80.  ochenta ( < Spanish )

16. giŋŋö́³ / ginnúːŋ³

90.  noventa ( <  Spanish )

17. gigʸéː² / gigʸáːŋ³

100. kanʸaːŋ / cien ( <  Spanish )

18. giŋŋʸǽ² / giŋŋíːŋ³

200. tṹ³ ciento / dos ciento

19. giŋʸö́³ / giŋʸúːŋ³

1000. ginʸáŋ³ / mil

20. gʸéː³ / gʸáːŋ³

2000. dos mil / dos mil

 

Linguists providing data and dateː Ms. Judith Lynn Anderson, SIL International. January 6, 2007, November 14, 2008.

提供资料的语言学家: Ms. Judith Lynn Anderson, 2007 年 1 月 6 日.

 

Other comments: Comaltepec Chinantec (Jmíiˊ) or juu jmiih is spoken by approxiamely

speakers in Oaxaca state: Santiago Comaltepec, Soledad Tectitlán, La Esperanza, San Martín Soyolapan, Vista Hermosa (Quiotepec), San Pedro Yolox, Rosario Temextitlán, Maninaltepec, Mexico. Comaltepec Chinantec has a vigesimal. On the above table, the first set of numbers is used with inanimate nouns and second one is used with animate nouns. The terms 60, 70, 80, 90, 100 and 1000 are loanwords from Spanish.

Comaltepec Chinantec Alphabet charts  by Judith Lynn Anderson SIL

 Tone:        controlled   ballistic                     controlled       ballistic

high

⁴

⁴́

low-high

²⁴

²⁴́

mid

³

³́

mid-high

³⁴

³⁴́

low

²

²́

low-mid

²³

²³́

Ballistic accent: Some Chinantec words have a ballistic accent of a special character,
which is written with the orthographic symbol [‘] over the nuclear vowel of the word. 
Ballistic accent is a combination of pitch and stress.  It tends to raise high tones and
lower low tones. These words have a pronunciation which is lightly explosive. 
Their intensity diminishes rapidly in comparison to syllables without this accent.
The level of each tone falls rapidly.  Also these tones on short syllables are shorter than
those without the ballistic accent.

               Vowels:

FrontT                      Back

 

High

unround

round

unround

round

i

ö [ø]

ї [ɯ]

u

Low

e

 

ё [ə]

o
 

        æ

      a

    

All vowels can be short, long, or nasalized, with or without the ballistic accent.

    Consonants: 

stops

voiceless

p

t

k

 

voiced

b

d

ɡ

nasals

 

m

n

ŋ

fricative

 

 

s

 

affricate

voiceless

 

c [tʃ]

 

 

voiced

 

z [dʒ]

 

continuant

 

 

l

 

vibrant

 

 

r

 

laryngeals

 

 

h

h

 

 

 

 

' [ʔ]

 

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