Sociological Linguistics

[Jim Rader]

A minor correction to Larry's post:  Mangue, the southernmost outlier
of Otomanguean, was spoken in Nicaragua and Costa Rica but has been
extinct for some time. Chiapanec was spoken in Chiapas but is also
extinct.  I don't believe any contemporary Otomanguean language is
spoken east or south of Oaxaca, aside from very recent emigration.
Even given the outlier Mangue, the geographical spread of Otomanguean
is actually rather limited in comparison to families such as
Athabaskan, Algonquian, Uto-Aztecan, and Maipurean/Arawakan--which
makes the great internal diversity of Otomanguean all the more
interesting.

Jim Rader

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