CTA ISO 639-3
Chatino, Tataltepec
Chaꞌ jnaꞌa Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- cta
- Alternate Names
- Chatino Occidental Bajo, Lowland Chatino
- Autonym
- Chaꞌ jnaꞌa
- Population
- 540 (2015 R. Sullivant). Total Chatino speakers: 52,100 (2020 INEGI). 1 monolinguals (2015 R. Sullivant).
- Location:
- Oaxaca state: Juquila district, extreme west lowland Chatino area, San Pedro Tututepec and Tataltepec de Valdez towns; a few in nearby Spanish centers.
- Language Status
- 6b (Threatened).
- Classification
- Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Chatino
- Dialects
- 38% intelligibility of Yaitepec dialect of Western Highland Chatino [ctp], 35% of Panixtlahuaca dialect of Western Highland Chatino [ctp], 33% of Nopala [cya], 27% of Zacatepec [ctz].
- Typology
- VSO, long words, affixes, clitics, tonal.
- Language Use
- Some young people, all adults. Very few children speak the language (2015 R. Sullivant). Used as L2 by Western Highland Chatino [ctp].
- Language Development
- Literature. Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 1981.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Chatino, Tataltepec
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
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Location: Oaxaca state: Juquila district, extreme west lowland Chatino area, San Pedro Tututepec and Tataltepec de Valdez towns; a few in nearby Spanish centers.
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