Chatino, Tataltepec

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
cta
Alternate Names
Chatino Occidental Bajo, Lowland Chatino
Autonym
Chaꞌ jnaꞌa
User Population

540 (2015 R. Sullivant). Total Chatino speakers: 52,100 (2020 INEGI). 1 monolinguals (2015 R. Sullivant).

Location

Oaxaca state: Juquila district, extreme west lowland Chatino area, San Pedro Tututepec and Tataltepec de Valdez towns; a few in nearby Spanish centers.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification
Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Chatino
Dialects

38% intelligibility of Yaitepec dialect of Western Highland Chatino [ctp], 35% of Panixtlahuaca dialect of Western Highland Chatino [ctp], 33% of Nopala [cya], 27% of Zacatepec [ctz].

Typology

VSO, long words, affixes, clitics, tonal.

Language Use

Some young people, all adults. Very few children speak the language (2015 R. Sullivant). Used as L2 by Western Highland Chatino [ctp].

Language Development

Literature. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 1981.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Chatino, Tataltepec
Writing

Latin script [Latn].