Varieties
Egland & Bartholomew (1983) conducted mutual intelligibility tests in which they concluded that four varieties of Chatino could be considered separate languages in regards to mutual intelligibility, with 80% intelligibility being needed for varieties to be considered part of the same language. (The same count resulted from a looser 70% criterion.) These were Tataltepec, Zacatepec, Panixtlahuaca, and the Highlands dialects, with Zenzontepec not tested but based on other studies believed to be completely unintelligible with the rest of Chatino. The Highlands dialects fall into three groups, largely foreshadowing the divisions in Ethnologue.
Ethnologue 16, based on further data, differentiates six Chatino languages. The Highlands dialects are divided in three, Eastern, Western, and Nopala, despite good intelligibility between neighboring varieties; Yaitepec is moved from Eastern to Western. Pace Egland, Panixtlahuaca is found to be a Highland dialect.
- Tataltepec
- Zenzontepec
- Zacatepec–Highlands
- Zacatepec
- Highlands: Eastern (Lachao-Yolotepec), Western (Yaitepec, Panixtlahuaca, Quiahije), Nopala
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