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Chinantec, Ojitlán

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: chj

Population	22,000 (1990 census). 2,800 monolinguals.
Region	North Oaxaca, San Lucas Ojitlán, including 4 towns and 15 rancherías, and Veracruz, Hidalgotitlán and Minatitlán municipalities. Most relocated because a dam flooded their land in 1991.
Language map	Southern Central Mexico, reference number 169
Dialects	49% intelligibility with Sochiapan [cso] (most similar), 43% with Usila [cuc], 39% with Palantla [cpa], 31% with Chiltepec [csa].
Classification	Oto-Manguean, Chinantecan
Language development	NT: 1968.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

SMITH, Dorothy; SMITH, Paul, authors. 1955. Vocabulario chinanteco.

SMITH, Paul, author. 1966. Apuntes sobre unas letras del alfabeto chinanteco.

SMITH, Paul, researcher. Available: 2012; Created: 05/1955. Ojitlán Chinantec Syllable Constituents.  

SMITH, Paul; WEITLANER, Roberto J., authors. 1962. "Detalles de la fonología del idioma proto-chinanteco: Un informe preliminar."

Vernacular Publications

Apuntes sobre unas letras del alfabeto Chinanteco. 1966.  

Chinanteco I. 1946.