| Cuicatec | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Oaxaca |
| Ethnicity | Cuicatec |
Native speakers | 13,000 (2020 census)[1] |
Oto-Manguean
| |
| Latin | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:cux – Tepeuxilacut – Teutila |
| Glottolog | cuic1234 |
| ELP | Cuicatec |
 Extent of the Cuicatec language: prior to contact (olive green) and current (red) | |
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Cuicatec is anOto-Manguean language spoken inOaxaca, Mexico. It belongs to theMixtecan branch together with theMixtec languages and theTrique language.[2] TheEthnologue lists two major dialects of Cuicatec:Tepeuxila Cuicatec andTeutila Cuicatec. Like other Oto-Manguean languages, Cuicatec is tonal.
TheCuicatecs are closely related to theMixtecs. They inhabit two towns:Teutila andTepeuxila in western Oaxaca. According to the 2000 census, they number around 23,000, of whom an estimated 65% are speakers of the language.[3] The nameCuicatec is aNahuatlexonym, from[ˈkʷika] 'song'[ˈteka] 'inhabitant of place of'.[4]
Cuicatec-language programming is carried by theCDI's radio stationXEOJN, based inSan Lucas Ojitlán,Oaxaca.
The Santa Maria Papalo dialect contains six vowel sounds both oral and nasal:
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | iĩ | uũ |
| Mid | eẽ | oõ |
| ɔɔ̃ | ||
| Open | aã | |
| Bilabial | Dental | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | lab. | ||||||
| Plosive | p | t | k | kʷ | ʔ | ||
| Affricate | tʃ | ||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | s | |||||
| voiced | β | ð | ɣ | ɣʷ | |||
| Nasal | m | n | |||||
| Rhotic | ɾ,r | ||||||
| Approximant | l | j | w | ||||
Allophones of the following sounds /β ð ɣ n j t tʃ/ include [b d ɡ~x ŋ j̈ θ ʃ], respectively.
