Chatino Language
Chatino is an indigenous Mesoamerican language, or actually small family of languages, which is classified under the Zapotecan branch of the Oto-Manguean language family. It is natively spoken by approximately 40,000 Chatino people, whose communities are located in the southern portion of the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
The Chatinos have close cultural and linguistic ties with the Zapotec people, whose languages form the other branch of the Zapotecan language family. Chatinos call their language cha'cña, which means "difficult word." It is recognized as a national language in Mexico.
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