CLE ISO 639-3
Chinantec, Lealao
fáh⁴jmii⁴² Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- cle
- Alternate Names
- Chinanteco de San Juan Lealao, Latani
- Autonym
- fáh⁴jmii⁴²
- Population
- 2,000 (1990 census). Total Chinantec speakers: 144,000 (2020 INEGI). 500 monolinguals.
- Location:
- Oaxaca state: La Hondura, Latani, San Juan Lealao, and Tres Arroyos.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing).
- Classification
- Otomanguean, Western Otomanguean, Oto-Pame-Chinantecan, Chinantecan
- Dialects
- None known. Considered most divergent Chinantec language.
- Typology
- VOS; short words, affixes; tonal.
- Language Use
- Vigorous. All domains. Used by all. Negative attitudes. Considered inferior to Spanish [spa], but use continues.
- Language Development
- 150 readers, 25 can write. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 1980–2008.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Chinantec, Lealao
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Christian, traditional religion.
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Location: Oaxaca state: La Hondura, Latani, San Juan Lealao, and Tres Arroyos.
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