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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, Mexico. 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.

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Chichimeca
Jonaz
Ezaꞌr
Native to	Mexico
Region	Guanajuato
Ethnicity	Chichimeca Jonaz
Native speakers	2,400 (2020 census)[1]
Language family	Oto-Manguean Oto-Pame Chichimeca
Language codes
ISO 639-3	pei
Glottolog	chic1272
ELP	Chichimeca-Jonaz
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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 which were children which 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	Back
Close	i	u
Near-close	ɪ
Mid	e	o
Open	æ	ɑ

In addition, Chichimeca Jonaz has nasal counterparts of these vowels, which are /ĩ ɪ̃ ũ ẽ õ œ̃ ɑ̃/.[5]

Consonants

	Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n
Stop	p b		t d		k g	ʔ
Fricative			s z	ʃ		h
Affricate			t͡s	t͡ʃ d͡ʒ
Trill			r
Approximant			l		w

There are also fortis-lenis versions of the nasal consonants: m and n.[5]

Notes

References

На других языках

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- [en] Chichimeca Jonaz language

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[es] Idioma chichimeca jonaz

El uzaꞌ o chichimeca jonaz es una lengua indígena de México hablada en Misión de Chichimecas, cerca de San Luis de la Paz, en el estado de Guanajuato. El idioma chichimeca jonaz pertenece a la subfamilia otopameana de la familia otomangue. Los chichimecos jonaces se autodenominan mediante el autónimo uzaꞌ en singular y ezaꞌr en plural.

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[fr] Jonaz

Le jonaz, chichimèque ou chichimèque-jonaz[2], est une langue amérindienne parlée au Mexique par les Chichimèques.

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[ru] Чичимека-хонас (язык)

Чичимека-хонас (также: хонас, чичимека) — один из индейских языков Мексики, принадлежит к ото-мангской семье языков. Распространён в посёлке Мисьо-де-Чичимекас, на холме к востоку от города Сан-Луис-де-ла-Пас, в штате Гуанахуато. Ранее был распространён более широко. Сами индейцы чичимака-хонас называют себя úza, а свой язык – eza'r.

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