Chichimeca Jonaz language

Chichimeca
Jonaz
Ezaꞌr
Native toMexico
RegionGuanajuato
EthnicityChichimeca Jonaz
Native speakers
2,400 (2020 census)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3pei
Glottologchic1272
ELPChichimeca-Jonaz
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Chichimeca or Chichimeca Jonaz is an indigenous language of Mexico spoken by around 200 Chichimeca Jonaz people in Misión de Chichimecas near San Luis de la Paz in the state of Guanajuato. The Chichimeca Jonaz language belongs to the Oto-Pamean branch of the Oto-Manguean language family. The Chichimecos self identify as úza and call their language eza'r.

Distribution

The language is currently spoken only in San Luis de la Paz (Guanajuato), in the settlements of Berlín, Buenavista (El Cuernito), Cerro Blanco, Colonia Benito Juárez [Plan Benito Juárez], Ejido Santa Ana y Lobos (Fracción de Lourdes), El Desmonte, El Sauz Tres, El Tepetate, Exhacienda de Ortega (Ejido Ortega), Garibaldi (El Cerrito), La Ciénega, La Curva, La Huerta, La Laguna (La Lagunita), La Leona, La Mesa de Jesús, La Norita, Los Dolores (Las Quince Letras), Lourdes (Estación de Lourdes), Maguey Blanco, Manzanares, Mesa de Escalante, Mesa de la Estacada, Mesa del Pueblo, Misión de Chichimecas, Norita del Refugio, Parajes, Paso Colorado, Piedras de Lumbre, Pozo Hondo (Exhacienda de Pozo Hondo), Puerto de la Virginita, Puerto del Gato, Rancho Nuevo de las Trojes, San Antonio Chiquito, San Antonio Primero, San Ignacio, San Isidro de Pozos (San Isidrito), San José del Carmen, and San Pedro de los Pozos (Mineral de Pozos).[2] In 1934, Jacques Soustelle counted 452 chichimecas, 63 of whom were children who attended the local school. Prior to that point the language was spoken in five other locations:[3]

  1. Misión Arnedo (Guanajuato) to the east of San Luis, near Villa Victoria.
  2. Misión de las Palmas (Querétaro), along the Etorax river, which arises near Victoria.
  3. Misión de Santa Rosa, to the north of Victoria.
  4. San Pedro Tolimán, where a mission was established in the 18th century, which failed, however, and the chichimecas abandoned the area. It was later repopulated with Otomís.
  5. Villa Colón (Querétaro), to the south of Tolimán.

Phonology

Chichimeca Jonaz is a tonal language and distinguishes high and low level tones.[4]

Vowels
Front Central Back
Close i y u
Mid e o
Open æ a
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
plain sib. plain lab.
Nasal fortis m n
lenis[5] mː nː
Plosive/
Affricate 		plain p t t͡s t͡ʃ k kʷ ʔ
aspirated pʰ tʰ t͡sʰ kʰ kʷʰ
ejective pʼ tʼ t͡sʼ t͡ʃʼ kʼ
Fricative voiceless s h
voiced β z ɣ ɣʷ
nasal β̃
Rhotic trill r
tap ɾ
nasal ɾ̃
Approximant l w

Sounds /β, ɾ/ are heard as voiced stops [b, d] when after a nasal consonant.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Lenguas indígenas y hablantes de 3 años y más, 2020 INEGI. Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020.
  2. ^ "Catálogo de las Lenguas Indígenas Nacionales".
  3. ^ de Angulo, Jaime (1933). "The Chichimeco language (Central Mexico)". International Journal of American Linguistics. 7 (3/4): 152–194. doi:10.1086/463802. JSTOR 1262948. S2CID 224807733.
  4. ^ Suaréz 1983 p. 51
  5. ^ a b Lastra 1984 p. 23
  6. ^ Lizárraga Navarro (2018)

References


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