Chinantec

ETHNONYMS: The Chinantec are subdivided by dialect, habitat, and culture into at least four main groups. "Huhmei," "Wa-hmi," and "Dzah-hmi" are the ethnonyms used by groups inhabiting central, eastern, and western subregions, respectively. No ethnonyms are reported for northern and northwestern groups.

Bibliography

Bevan, Bernard (1938). The Chinantec: Report on the Central and South-Eastern Chinantec Region. Vol. 1, The Chinantec and Their Habitat. Publication 24. Mexico City: Instituto Panamericano de Geografia Historia.

Hopkins, Nicholas (1984). "Otomanguean Linguistic Prehistory." In Essays in Otomanguean Culture History, edited by J. Kathryn Josserand, Marcus Winter, and Nicholas Hopkins, 25-64. Publication no. 31. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Publications in Anthropology.

Weitlaner, Roberto J., and Howard F. Cline (1969). "The Chinantec." In Handbook of Middle American Indians, edited by Robert Wauchope. Vol. 7, Ethnology, Part One, edited by Evon Z. Vogt, 523-552. Austin: University of Texas Press.

C. H. BROWNER AND ARTHUR J. RUBEL

We wish to thank Sarah L. Cline for graciously providing access to the field notes and papers of her late father, Howard F. Cline.