Chiapanec language

== History ==

== History ==

The Chiapanec people probably arrived in the Central Depression of Chiapas between the ninth and tenth centuries, taking over the previously [[Zoque people|Zoque]] city of [[Chiapa de Corzo (Mesoamerican site)|Chiapa]] for which they are named. Chiapa became one of the most significant urban centers in what is now Chiapas, and was the capital of a state that came to control most of the Central Depression during the postclassic period. The Chiapanec people generally had bad relations with neighboring Zoque, [[Tzotzil]], [[Tzeltal people|Tzeltal]] and Cabil communities, possibly owing to conflict over the trade route to [[Tehuantepec]]. Besides Chiapa, other Chiapanec settlements included [[Acala Municipality|Acala]], [[Suchiapa]], [[Chiapilla]], [[Villaflores, Chiapas|Villaflores]] and [[Villa Corzo]],{{cite book |last1=César Gallardo Vásquez |first1=Julio |title=Ja mejy jïts ja kojpk: Atlas de la conquista de la región mixe-zoque |date=2024 |page=40 |url=https://colmix.org/ja-mejy-jits-ja-kojpk-atlas-de-la-conquista-de-la-region-mixe-zoque/}} and likely [[Venustiano Carranza, Chiapas|Venustiano Carranza]] and [[Totolapa]]. Judging from a 1656 document, [[Huixtla]] spoke a language similar to Chiapanec.{{cite book |last1=Campbell |first1=Lyle |title=The linguistics of Southeast Chiapas, Mexico |date=1988 |publisher=New World Archaeological Foundation, Brigham Young University |pages=267-274}}

The Chiapanec people probably arrived in the Central Depression of Chiapas between the ninth and tenth centuries, taking over the previously [[Zoque people|Zoque]] city of [[Chiapa de Corzo (Mesoamerican site)|Chiapa]] for which they are named. Oral tradition recorded by Spanish conquerors indicated that they had come from the Pacific coast of Nicaragua, splitting off from their [[Mangue language|Mangue]] relatives when the [[Nicarao people]] invaded the region.Brinton, Daniel G. “Notes on the Mangue; An Extinct Dialect Formerly Spoken in Nicaragua.” Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 23, no. 122, 1886, pp. 241–42. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/983235. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026. Chiapa became one of the most significant urban centers in what is now Chiapas, and was the capital of a state that came to control most of the Central Depression during the postclassic period. The Chiapanec people generally had bad relations with neighboring Zoque, [[Tzotzil]], [[Tzeltal people|Tzeltal]] and Cabil communities, possibly owing to conflict over the trade route to [[Tehuantepec]]. Besides Chiapa, other Chiapanec settlements included [[Acala Municipality|Acala]], [[Suchiapa]], [[Chiapilla]], [[Villaflores, Chiapas|Villaflores]] and [[Villa Corzo]],{{cite book |last1=César Gallardo Vásquez |first1=Julio |title=Ja mejy jïts ja kojpk: Atlas de la conquista de la región mixe-zoque |date=2024 |page=40 |url=https://colmix.org/ja-mejy-jits-ja-kojpk-atlas-de-la-conquista-de-la-region-mixe-zoque/}} and likely [[Venustiano Carranza, Chiapas|Venustiano Carranza]] and [[Totolapa]]. Judging from a 1656 document, [[Huixtla]] spoke a language similar to Chiapanec.{{cite book |last1=Campbell |first1=Lyle |title=The linguistics of Southeast Chiapas, Mexico |date=1988 |publisher=New World Archaeological Foundation, Brigham Young University |pages=267-274}}

== Phonology ==

== Phonology ==