CHJ ISO 639-3
Chinantec, Ojitlán
Jmiih kia’ dzä ‘vï ï, Jujmi Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- chj
- Alternate Names
- Chinanteco del Norte, Comaltepec Chinantec
- Autonym
- Jmiih kia’ dzä ‘vï ï, Jujmi
- Population
- 37,900 (2000 INALI). Total Chinantec speakers: 144,000 (2020 INEGI). 2,800 monolinguals.
- Location:
- Oaxaca state: San Lucas Ojitlán, 4 towns and 15 hamlets; Hidalgotitlá, Minatitlán and Veracruz municipalities. Most relocated because a dam flooded their land in 1991.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing).
- Classification
- Otomanguean, Western Otomanguean, Oto-Pame-Chinantecan, Chinantecan
- Dialects
- None known. 49% intelligibility of Sochiapan [cso] (most similar), 43% of Usila [cuc], 39% of Palantla [cpa], 31% of Chiltepec [csa].
- Language Use
- Used by all.
- Language Development
- Dictionary. Texts. NT: 1968–2003.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Chinantec, Ojitlán
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
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Location: Oaxaca state: San Lucas Ojitlán, 4 towns and 15 hamlets; Hidalgotitlá, Minatitlán and Veracruz municipalities. Most relocated because a dam flooded their land in 1991.
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