CPA ISO 639-3
Chinantec, Palantla
Jajme dzä mii, Jmiih kia’ dzä mii Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- cpa
- Alternate Names
- Chinanteco de San Pedro Tlatepuzco
- Autonym
- Jajme dzä mii, Jmiih kia’ dzä mii
- Population
- 25,000 (2007 SIL). Total Chinantec speakers: 144,000 (2020 INEGI). 1,500 monolinguals.
- Location:
- Oaxaca state: San Juan Palantla and more than 21 towns.
- Language Status
- 6a* (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Otomanguean, Western Otomanguean, Oto-Pame-Chinantecan, Chinantecan
- Dialects
- None known. 78% intelligibility of Tepetotutla [cnt] (most similar), 72% of Valle Nacional [cvn], 69% of Usila [cuc], 54% of Ozumacín [chz].
- Typology
- VSO; short words; tonal.
- Language Use
- Also use Spanish [spa]. Used as L2 by Ozumacín Chinantec [chz].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: 50%. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 1973.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Chinantec, Palantla
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Oaxaca state: San Juan Palantla and more than 21 towns.
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