Lowland Chontal
PDFs
Faces and Places: Introduction to the Chontal people and region
Brief biography of the language consultant (How I Became a Midwife)
Brief biography of the language consultant (Glottalized segments in Lowland Chontal)
Video and Transcript
Vocabulary List with Audio (Glottalized Segments)
The sound system of Lowland Chontal contains glottalized consonants. Glottalized consonants are orthographically represented with an apostrophe (’). The word lists below demonstrate the contrast between regular and glottalized consonants. The audio recordings present the Spanish translation followed by the Chontal word repeated three times.
faduy ‘planting’
f’aguy ‘ascending’
kasi ‘chili’
k’ejwa’ ‘well’
kosak’ ‘corn’
sagota’ ‘go and eat’
s’ayk’eduyya’ ‘I'm sharpening’
as’ujl ‘mouse’
xago’ma ‘will eat’
x’ayk’eduy ‘is sharpening’
x’noyyuy ‘is swimming’
kwi ‘hawk’
sk’wi’mi’maya’ ‘I stab it in’