Chinantec, Tlacoatzintepec

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
ctl
Alternate Names
Chinanteco del Noroeste
Autonym
Jau jmai
User Population

1,720 (2000 INALI). Total Chinantec speakers: 144,000 (2020 INEGI). 550 monolinguals.

Location

Oaxaca state: San Juan Bautista Tlacoatzintepec, San Juan Zapotitlán, San Pedro Alianza, Santiago Quetzalapa.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification
Otomanguean, Western Otomanguean, Oto-Pame-Chinantecan, Chinantecan
Dialects

None known. 85% intelligibility of Chiltepec [csa] (most similar, lower in outlying areas), 84% of Usila [cuc], 74% of Sochiapan [cso], 15% of Tepetotutla [cnt].

Typology

VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.

Language Use

In Tlacoatzintepec and environs, the children are still growing up speaking Chinantec. (2011 SIL). Used by all.

Language Development

Texts. Bible portions: 1991–2008.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Chinantec, Tlacoatzintepec
Writing

Latin script [Latn].