| Chinantec | |
|---|---|
| Tsa Jujmi | |
| Spoken in | Mexico |
| Region | Oaxaca |
| Native speakers | approx. 93,000 (Ethnologue) (date missing) |
| Language family |
Oto-Mangue
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | variously: cco – Comaltepec Chinantec chj – Ojitlán Chinantec chq – Quiotepec Chinantec chz – Ozumacín Chinantec cle – Lealao Chinantec cnl – Lalana Chinantec cnt – Tepetotutla Chinantec cpa – Palantla Chinantec csa – Chiltepec Chinantec cso – Sochiapan Chinantec cte – Tepinapa Chinantec ctl – Tlacoatzintepec Chinantec cuc – Usila Chinantec cvn – Valle Nacional Chinantec |
The Chinantecs are an indigenous people that live in Oaxaca and Veracruz, Mexico, especially in the districts of Cuicatlán, Ixtlán de Juárez, Tuxtepec and Choapan.
The Chinantec languages belong to the Chinantecan branch of the Oto-Manguean family. The Ethnologue lists 14 different partially unintelligible varieties of Chinantec.
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| Language | ISO-Code | Where spoken | Number of speakers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinantec of Chiltepec | csa | San José Chiltepec Oaxaca | 4,000 |
| Chinantec of Comaltepec | cco | Comaltepec, Northern Oaxaca | 2,000 (1990 census). |
| Chinantec of Lalana | cnl | 25 towns on the border between Oaxaca and Veracruz | 10,500 (1990 SIL). |
| Chinantec of Lealao | cle | Northeastern Oaxaca, San Juan Lealao, Latani, Tres Arroyos, and La Hondura | 2,000 |
| Chinantec of Ojitlán | chj | Northern Oaxaca and Veracruz municipos of Minatitlan and Hidalgotitlan | 22,000 |
| Chinantec of Ozumacín | chz | San Pedro Ozumacín and surrounding towns, Oaxaca | 5,000 |
| Chinantec of Palantla | cpa | San Juan Palantla and surrounding towns, Oaxaca | 12,000 |
| Chinantec of Quiotepec (Highland Chinantec) | chq | and surrounding towns, Oaxaca | 8,000 |
| Chinantec of Sochiapan | cso | Northern Oaxaca | 5,800 |
| Chinantec of Tepetolutla | cnt | Northern Oaxaca | 2,000 |
| Chinantec of Tepinapa | cte | Northern Oaxaca, Choapan District, Very remote area | 8,000 |
| Chinantec of Tlacoatzintepec | ctl | Northern Oaxaca | 2,000 |
| Chinantec of Usila | cuc | Oaxaca one town in Veracruz | 9,000 |
| Chinantec of Valle Nacional | cvn | Yetla, North Oaxaca | 1,000 |
Chinantec is a tonal language and some dialects (Usila Chinantec) have five register tones, an uncommon trait in the world's languages.
Chinantec also has ballistic syllables, which is apparently of laryngeal origin, involving a spread glottis.
Chinantec-language programming is carried by the CDI's radio stations XEOJN, broadcasting from San Lucas Ojitlán, Oaxaca, and XEGLO, broadcasting from Guelatao de Juárez, Oaxaca.
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