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Huamelultec language

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Huamelultec
Lowland Oaxaca Chontal
Region	San Pedro Huamelula, Oaxaca
Native speakers	1,100 (2000)^[1]
Language family	Hokan ? Tequistlatecan Huamelultec
Language codes
ISO 639-3	`clo`
Glottolog	`lowl1260`
ELP	Lowland Chontal

Huamelultec (also known as Huamelula Chontal, Lowland Oaxaca Chontal, or Chontal de la Costa de Oaxaca) is one of the Chontal languages of Oaxaca, Mexico. It is spoken in the Oaxacan municipalities of San Pedro Huamelula (settlements of Barra de la Cruz, El Bejuco, El Coyul, El Gavilán, El Limón, El Porvenir, Guayacán, Los Cocos, Maximino Cruz (Rancho Maximino Cruz), Morro Ayuta, Paja Blanca, Río Papaya, Río Seco, San Isidro Chacalapa, San Pedro Huamelula, Santa María (Santa María Huamelula), and Tapanala), Santiago Astata (settlements of La Cotorra, La Tortolita (Fraccionamiento la Tortolita), Santiago Astata, Zaachila, and Zaachilac), and Tehuantepec (settlement of Morro Mazatán).^[2] The name has been misspelled Tlamelula.

Phonology[edit]

Vowels[edit]

	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Mid	e	o
Open	a

Consonants[edit]

		Labial	Alveolar		Palato- alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
		Labial	central	palatal	Palato- alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p	t	tʲ			k	ʔ
	voiced	b	d				ɡ
	ejective						kʼ
Affricate	voiceless		ts		tʃ
Affricate	ejective		tsʼ		tʃʼ
Fricative	voiceless	f	s		ʃ		x
	lateral		ɬ	ɬʲ
	glottalized	fʼ	ɬʼ
Nasal	central	m	n	nʲ			(ŋ)
Nasal	glottalized	mʼ	nʼ
Rhotic	tap		ɾ
Rhotic	trill		r
Approximant	central	w				j
	lateral		l	lʲ
	glottalized	wʼ	lʼ

/n/ is regularly pronounced as [ŋ] when in coda position, unless followed by an alveolar consonant.
Glottalized sounds /fʼ, ɬʼ/ are also said to have been pronounced as affricates [pɸʼ, tɬʼ].^[3]