Chinantec, Lalana

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Chinanteco de San Juan Lalana, Chinanteco del sureste bajo

Population

10,700 (2000 INALI). 2,500 monolinguals.

Location

Oaxaca-Veracruz border, Lalana Minicipality, 25 towns; Jocotepec and Petlapa municipalities.

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

87% intelligibility of Tepinapa [cte] (most similar, but less so in outlying areas), 43% of Ozumacín [chz], 24% of Lealao [cle].

Typology

VOS; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal

Language Use

All ages.

Language Development

Dictionary. NT: 1974–2012.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.