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unusual facts about Chatino people


Chatino people

According to Ethnologue, there are six distinct dialects of Chatino, which exhibit varying degrees of mutual intelligibility: Eastern Highland, Nopala, Tataltepec, Western Highland, Zacatepec and Zenzontepec.


Zenzontepec Chatino

It is spoken by one of the most isolated groups in Oaxaca, the Chatino people in the municipalities of Santa Cruz Zenzontepec, San Jacinto Tlacotepec, and former Santa María Tlapanalquiahuitl.


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