CNL ISO 639-3
Chinantec, Lalana
Jujmi Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- cnl
- Alternate Names
- Chinanteco de San Juan Lalana, Chinanteco del Sureste Bajo
- Autonym
- Jujmi
- Population
- 10,700 (2000 INALI). Total Chinantec speakers: 144,000 (2020 INEGI). 2,500 monolinguals.
- Location:
- Oaxaca and Veracruz states: border area, Lalana municipality, 25 towns; Jocotepec and Petlapa municipalities.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing).
- Classification
- Otomanguean, Western Otomanguean, Oto-Pame-Chinantecan, Chinantecan
- Dialects
- None known. 87% intelligibility of Tepinapa [cte] (most similar, but less so in outlying areas), 43% of Ozumacín [chz], 24% of Lealao [cle].
- Typology
- VOS; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.
- Language Use
- Used by all.
- Language Development
- Dictionary. Texts. NT: 1974–2012.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Chinantec, Lalana
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Oaxaca and Veracruz states: border area, Lalana municipality, 25 towns; Jocotepec and Petlapa municipalities.
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