Mazatec, Chiquihuitlán

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Mazateco de San Juan Chiquihuitlán, Mazateco del sur

Population

1,500 (2000 INALI). 340 monolinguals.

Location

Oaxaca.

Language Maps

Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Classification

Dialects

47% intelligibility of Huautla [mau] (most similar), 37% of Ayautla [vmy], 29% of Soyaltepec [vmp], 20% of Ixcatlán [mzi].

Typology

VSO (with fronting of S or O for focus); clitics, affixes; tonal

Language Use

All ages.

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1991.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.