Chatino, Nopala

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
cya
Alternate Names
Chatino Oriental Bajo, Teotepec Chatino
Autonym
Chaꞌ jnaꞌa
User Population

8,940 (2000 INALI). Total Chatino speakers: 52,100 (2020 INEGI). 2,300 monolinguals.

Location

Oaxaca state: Juquila district; Atotonilco, Cerro el Aire, San Gabriel Mixtepec, San María Magdalena Tiltepec, Santa María Texmaxcaltepec, Santiago Cuixtla, Santos Reyes Nopala, and Teotepec.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

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

59% intelligibility of Panixtlahuaca dialect of Western Highland Chatino [ctp], 73% of Yaitepec dialect of Western Highland Chatino [ctp], 13% of Tataltepec Chatino [cta].

Typology

VSO; short words; affixes, clitics; tonal.

Language Use

Used by all. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 2000.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Chatino, Nopala
Writing

Latin script [Latn].