Trique

E195261

Trique is an indigenous Mesoamerican language spoken in Oaxaca, Mexico, known for its complex tonal system and belonging to the Oto-Manguean language family.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Trique canonical 3
Copala Triqui 1
Triqui 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican language
Oto-Manguean language
endangered language
indigenous language
tonal language
ethnicGroupAssociated Trique people
linked to: Triqui people
hasAlternativeName Trique language
linked to: Triqui language

Triqui
linked to: Trique

Triqui language
hasDialect Chicahuaxtla Trique
linked to: Chicahuaxtla Triqui

Copala Trique
Itunyoso Trique
San Andrés Chicahuaxtla Trique
linked to: Chicahuaxtla Triqui

San Juan Copala Trique
Santo Domingo del Estado Trique
hasLanguageCodeISO639-3 trc (Copala Trique)
trq (Itunyoso Trique)
trs (Chicahuaxtla Trique)
hasLinguisticArea Mesoamerican linguistic area
hasMorphologicalType fusional morphology elements
morphologically complex
hasPhonologicalFeature contour tones
contrastive tone
laryngealization contrasts
multiple level tones
hasRegion Itunyoso
Putla Villa de Guerrero municipality
San Andrés Chicahuaxtla
San Juan Copala
Santo Domingo del Estado
hasStatus threatened
vulnerable
hasTonalSystem complex tone system
hasWordOrder VOS
VSO
hasWritingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet
languageBranch Mixtecan
languageFamily Oto-Manguean
locatedInContinent North America
recognizedAs indigenous language of Mexico
spokenIn Mexico
Oaxaca
Sierra Mixteca region
subclassOf Mixtecan language
linked to: Mixtec languages
subjectOf phonological research on tone
typological studies of tonal complexity
usedBy Trique people
linked to: Triqui people
usedIn local radio broadcasting
oral tradition
traditional rituals

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Triqui language hasDialect Copala Triqui
linked to: Trique
Cuicatec relatedTo Trique
Trique hasAlternativeName Triqui
linked to: Trique