Chinantec, Palantla

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Chinanteco de San Pedro Tlatepuzco

Jajme dzä mii, Jmiih kia’ dzä mii

25,000 (2007 SIL). Total Chinantec speakers: 144,000 (2020 INEGI). 1,500 monolinguals.

Oaxaca state: San Juan Palantla and more than 21 towns.

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6a* (Vigorous).

None known. 78% intelligibility of Tepetotutla [cnt] (most similar), 72% of Valle Nacional [cvn], 69% of Usila [cuc], 54% of Ozumacín [chz].

VSO; short words; tonal.

Also use Spanish [spa]. Used as L2 by Ozumacín Chinantec [chz].

Literacy rate in L2: 50%. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 1973.

Latin script [Latn].