Chinantec, Tepetotutla

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: cnt
Alternate Names: Chinanteco del Oeste Central Bajo, Jejmei
Autonym: Jajmi dzä kï ï’, Jejmi
Population: 1,850 (2000 INALI). Total Chinantec speakers: 144,000 (2020 INEGI).
Location:: Oaxaca state: El Naranjal, San Antonio del Barrio, San Pedro Tlatepusco, Santa Cruz Tepetotutla, Santo Tomás Texas, and Vega del Sol.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Otomanguean, Western Otomanguean, Oto-Pame-Chinantecan, Chinantecan
Dialects: 60% intelligibility of Quiotepec [chq], 59% of Palantla [cpa], 48% of Yolox dialect of Quiotepec Chinantec [chq].
Typology: VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.
Language Use: Used by all.
Language Development: Literature. Grammar. NT: 1994.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Chinantec, Tepetotutla
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Oaxaca state: El Naranjal, San Antonio del Barrio, San Pedro Tlatepusco, Santa Cruz Tepetotutla, Santo Tomás Texas, and Vega del Sol.