Chinantec, Tepetotutla

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Chinanteco del oeste central bajo

Population

1,850 (2000 INALI).

Location

North Oaxaca, Santa Cruz Tepetotutla, San Antonio del Barrio, San Pedro Tlatepusco, Santo Tomás Texas, Vega del Sol, and El Naranjal.

Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification

Dialects

60% intelligibility of Quiotepec [chq], 59% of Palantla [cpa], 48% of Yolox dialect of Quiotepec Chinantec [chq].

Typology

VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal

Language Use

All ages.

Language Development

Grammar. NT: 1994.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.