Chinantec, Tlacoatzintepec

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: ctl
Alternate Names: Chinanteco del Noroeste
Autonym: Jau jmai
Population: 1,720 (2000 INALI). Total Chinantec speakers: 144,000 (2020 INEGI). 550 monolinguals.
Location:: Oaxaca state: San Juan Bautista Tlacoatzintepec, San Juan Zapotitlán, San Pedro Alianza, Santiago Quetzalapa.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Otomanguean, Western Otomanguean, Oto-Pame-Chinantecan, Chinantecan
Dialects: None known. 85% intelligibility of Chiltepec [csa] (most similar, lower in outlying areas), 84% of Usila [cuc], 74% of Sochiapan [cso], 15% of Tepetotutla [cnt].
Typology: VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.
Language Use: In Tlacoatzintepec and environs, the children are still growing up speaking Chinantec. (2011 SIL). Used by all.
Language Development: Texts. Bible portions: 1991–2008.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Chinantec, Tlacoatzintepec
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Oaxaca state: San Juan Bautista Tlacoatzintepec, San Juan Zapotitlán, San Pedro Alianza, Santiago Quetzalapa.