The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: CSO
ISO 639-2: cai
| Population | 3,700 including 725 monolinguals (1990 census). |
| Region | North Oaxaca, Cuic: San Pedro Sochiapan, Retumbadeo, San Juan Zautla, Santiago Quetzalapa, San Juan Zapotitlán. |
| Classification | Oto-Manguean, Chinantecan. |
| Comments | 66% intelligibility of Tlacoatzintepec (closest), 56% of Chiltepec, 45% of Usila, 11% of Tepetotutla. Bilingual level estimates for Spanish are 0 15%, 1 15%, 2 30%, 3 30%, 4 9%, 5 1%. VSO, tonal, short words, affixes, clitics. Tropical forest. Mountain slope. Swidden agriculturalists. 800 to 2,000 meters. NT 1986. |
