CYA ISO 639-3
Chatino, Nopala
Chaꞌ jnaꞌa Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- cya
- Alternate Names
- Chatino Oriental Bajo, Teotepec Chatino
- Autonym
- Chaꞌ jnaꞌa
- Population
- 8,940 (2000 INALI). Total Chatino speakers: 52,100 (2020 INEGI). 2,300 monolinguals.
- Location:
- Oaxaca state: Juquila district; Atotonilco, Cerro el Aire, San Gabriel Mixtepec, San María Magdalena Tiltepec, Santa María Texmaxcaltepec, Santiago Cuixtla, Santos Reyes Nopala, and Teotepec.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing).
- Classification
- Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Chatino
- Dialects
- 59% intelligibility of Panixtlahuaca dialect of Western Highland Chatino [ctp], 73% of Yaitepec dialect of Western Highland Chatino [ctp], 13% of Tataltepec Chatino [cta].
- Typology
- VSO; short words; affixes, clitics; tonal.
- Language Use
- Used by all. Also use Spanish [spa].
- Language Development
- Dictionary. Grammar. Texts. NT: 2000.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Chatino, Nopala
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
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Location: Oaxaca state: Juquila district; Atotonilco, Cerro el Aire, San Gabriel Mixtepec, San María Magdalena Tiltepec, Santa María Texmaxcaltepec, Santiago Cuixtla, Santos Reyes Nopala, and Teotepec.
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