CHQ ISO 639-3
Chinantec, Quiotepec
juu jmiih Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- chq
- Alternate Names
- Highland Chinantec
- Autonym
- juu jmiih
- Population
- 8,000 (1998). Total Chinantec speakers: 144,000 (2020 INEGI). 1,750 monolinguals.
- Location:
- Oaxaca state: Etla district, San Juan Bautista Atatlah; Ixtlán district, San Juan Quiotepec, Reforma, Maninaltepec, San Pedro Yolox, and Rosario Temextitlán.
- Language Status
- 6a* (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Otomanguean, Western Otomanguean, Oto-Pame-Chinantecan, Chinantecan
- Dialects
- Yolox Chinanteco. 87% intelligibility of Comaltepec [cco] (most similar, less similar in outlying areas), 7% of Tepetotutla [cnt]. Highland Chinantec languages share a complexity of vowel length and tone extensions that Tepetotutla [cnt] and Palantla [cpa] do not have.
- Typology
- VSO; short words, affixes; tonal.
- Language Development
- Grammar. Texts. NT: 1983.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Chinantec, Quiotepec
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
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Location: Oaxaca state: Etla district, San Juan Bautista Atatlah; Ixtlán district, San Juan Quiotepec, Reforma, Maninaltepec, San Pedro Yolox, and Rosario Temextitlán.
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