Chinantec, Tlacoatzintepec

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Chinanteco del noroeste

Population

1,720 (2000 INALI). 550 monolinguals.

Location

Oaxaca, San Juan Bautista Tlacoatzintepec, San Pedro Alianza, Santiago Quetzalapa, San Juan Zapotitlán.

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification

Dialects

85% intelligibility of Chiltepec [csa] (most similar, lower in outlying areas), 84% of Usila [cuc], 74% of Sochiapan [cso], 15% of Tepetotutla [cnt].

Typology

VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal

Language Use

In Tlacoatzintepec and environs, the children are still growing up speaking Chinantec. (2011 SIL). All ages.

Language Development

Bible portions: 1991–2008.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.