Mazatec, Chiquihuitlán

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: maq
Alternate Names: Mazateco de San Juan Chiquihuitlán, Mazateco del Sur
Autonym: Hne naja, Nne nangui ngaxni
Population: 1,500 (2000 INALI). Total Mazatec speakers: 237,000 (2020 INEGI). 340 monolinguals.
Location:: Oaxaca state.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened).
Classification: Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Popolocan, Mazatec
Dialects: None known. 47% intelligibility of Huautla [mau] (most similar), 37% of Ayautla [vmy], 29% of Soyaltepec [vmp], 20% of Ixcatlán [mzi].
Typology: VSO (with fronting of S or O for focus); clitics, affixes; tonal.
Language Use: Some of all ages. Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literature. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1991.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Mazatec, Chiquihuitlán
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Oaxaca state.