CTZ ISO 639-3
Chatino, Zacatepec
Cha’ jna’a Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- ctz
- Alternate Names
- Chatino de San Marcos Zacatepec, Chatino de Zacatepec
- Autonym
- Cha’ jna’a
- Population
- 450 (2000 INALI). Total Chatino speakers: 52,100 (2020 INEGI).
- Location:
- Oaxaca state: Juquila district, San Marcos Zacatepec and Juquila villages.
- Language Status
- 7 (Shifting).
- Classification
- Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Chatino
- Dialects
- 66% intelligibility of Nopala [cya], 61% of Panixtlahuaca dialect of Western Highland Chatino [ctp], 57% of Yaitepec dialect of Western Highland Chatino, 6% of Tataltepec [cta]. Lengthened word forms are like Zenzontepec Chatino [czn]. Reportedly similar to Eastern Highland Chatino [cly] in some respects, but geographically and socioeconomically separated.
- Language Use
- Spoken in Zacatepec. Virtually extinct in Juquila with 2 older adult men speakers. Shifting to Spanish [spa].
- Language Development
- Grammar.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Chatino, Zacatepec
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Oaxaca state: Juquila district, San Marcos Zacatepec and Juquila villages.
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