Chinantec, Lalana

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Chinanteco de San Juan Lalana, Chinanteco del Sureste Bajo

Jujmi

10,700 (2000 INALI). Total Chinantec speakers: 144,000 (2020 INEGI). 2,500 monolinguals.

Oaxaca and Veracruz states: border area, Lalana municipality, 25 towns; Jocotepec and Petlapa municipalities.

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5 (Developing).

None known. 87% intelligibility of Tepinapa [cte] (most similar, but less so in outlying areas), 43% of Ozumacín [chz], 24% of Lealao [cle].

VOS; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.

Used by all.

Dictionary. Texts. NT: 1974–2012.

Latin script [Latn].