Manguean languages

Manguean
Geographic distribution:	Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
Linguistic classification:	Oto-Mangue Western Oto-Mangue Tlapanec–Mangue Manguean
Subdivisions:	Chorotega (Mangue) Chiapanec
Glottolog:	`mang1426`^[1]

The extinct Manguean languages were a branch of the Oto-Mangean family. They were Chorotega of Costa Rica and Nicaragua (where it was called Mangue or Monimbo), and Chiapanec of Mexico.

References

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Manguean". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Oto-Manguean languages

Western

Oto-Pamean	Chichimeca Jonaz Matlatzinca Mazahua Otomi Pame

Chinantecan	Chinantec varieties

Tlapanecan	Subtiaba Tlapanec

Manguean	Chiapanec Chorotega Mangue

Eastern

Popolocan	Chocho Ixcatec Mazatec varieties Popolocan

Zapotecan	Chatino Papabuco Soltec Zapotec varieties

Amuzgoan	Amuzgo

Mixtecan	Cuicatec Mixtec varieties Trique

Italics indicate extinct languages

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