Publications
Publication details [#50748]
Lastra, Yolanda. 2009. Toward a study of language variation and change in Jonaz Chichimeco. In Preston, Dennis R. and James N. Stanford, eds. Variation in Indigenous Minority Languages. (IMPACT: Studies in Language and Society 25). John Benjamins. pp. 153–171.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
John Benjamins
Annotation
Jonaz Chichimec is an endangered Otopamean language spoken in Misión de Chichimecas adjacent to the city of San Luis de la Paz in Guanajuato, Mexico. Four ongoing phonological changes are described with respect to the age of the speakers. The restructuring of the system of classifiers used for possession is also examined.