Chocholtec

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Chocho, Chocholteco, Chochon, Chochonteco, Chochotec

Population

540 (2000 INALI). Chocholteco del este: 180 speakers, Chocholteco del oeste: 160 speakers, Chocholteco del sur: 200 speakers (2011 INALI).

Location

Oaxaca, Nochixtlán district, Santa María Nativitas, San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca, and San Miguel Tulancingo.

Language Maps

Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

Classification

Dialects

Chocholteco del este, Chocholteco del oeste, Chocholteco del sur.

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Resources

Writing

Unwritten.