Chinantec, Chiltepec

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: csa
Alternate Names: Jajme dzä mii, Jmiih kia’ dzä mii
Population: Only a few older speakers (2011 J. Williams). Some possible monolinguals.
Location:: Oaxaca state: San José Chiltepec.
Language Status: 8b (Nearly extinct).
Classification: Otomanguean, Western Otomanguean, Oto-Pame-Chinantecan, Chinantecan
Dialects: None known. 76% intelligibility of Tlacoatzintepec [ctl] (most similar), 20% of Usila [cuc] and Ojitlán [chj], 13% of Valle Nacional [cvn].
Language Use: Elderly only. Shifted to Spanish [spa].
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Chinantec, Chiltepec
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].

Location: Oaxaca state: San José Chiltepec.