Triqui, Chicahuaxtla
A language of Mexico
| Population | 6,000 (1982). |
| Region | Oaxaca, Tlaxiaco District, San José Xochistlán; Putla District, Santo Domingo del Estado. |
| Language map |
Southern Central Mexico, reference number 225 |
| Alternate names | Chicahuaxtla Trique, Triqui de San Andrés Chicahuaxtla |
| Dialects | Laguna. 74% intelligibility with Copala [trc]. Lexical similarity: 100% with Laguna dialect, 87% with Itunyoso [trq], 78% with Sabana. |
| Classification | Oto-Manguean, Mixtecan, Trique |
| Language development | Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1968. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal. Peasant agriculturalists. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
Good, Claude, compiler. 1978. Diccionario triqui de Chichahuaxtla.
Hollenbach, Barbara E. 1977. "Phonetic vs. phonemic correspondence in two Trique dialects."
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Longacre, Robert E. 1952. "Five phonemic pitch levels in Trique."
Longacre, Robert E. 1953. "A tone orthography for Trique."
Longacre, Robert E. 1957. Proto-Mixtecan.
Longacre, Robert E. 1959. "Trique tone morphemics."
Longacre, Robert E. 1966. "The plumed serpent rescues a man."
Longacre, Robert E. 1991. "Some Trique grammatico-lexical characteristics: a world view?."
Longacre, Robert E. 2004. "Spanish loans in Chicahuaxtla Trique."

