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Chinantec, Ozumacín

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: chz

Population	5,000 (2000 SIL). 260 monolinguals (1990 census).
Region	Northeast Oaxaca, 3 towns: San Pedro Ozumacín, Ayotzintepec, Santiago Progreso.
Language map	Southern Central Mexico, reference number 178
Alternate names	Chinanteco de Ayotzintepec, Juujmii
Dialects	Ayotzintepec. Ozumacín town has slight dialect difference from others. 63% intelligibility with Palantla [cpa] (most similar), 22% with Lalana [cnl] and Valle Nacional [cvn].
Classification	Oto-Manguean, Chinantecan
Language use	Half of parents pass it on to children. Most domains, local administration, commerce, some in religious services. All ages. View Chinantec as inferior to Spanish, but continue to use it. 3,500 also use some Spanish. Some also use Palantla Chinantec [cpa].
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%–75%. 15 readers, 4 can write. NT: 2003.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Agriculturalists: maize; animal husbandry: pigs, poultry. Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

KROTZER, Evelyn L., author. 1970. "How the mother of cotton was stolen."

RUPP, James E., author. 1987. The multipurpose Chinantec word ‘ja’.  

RUPP, James E., author. 2009. Animacy in two Chinantec variants.  

RUPP, James E.; RUPP, Nadine, compilers. 1994. Ozumacín Chinantec Texts: Folklore Texts in Mexican Indian Languages no. 2.  

Vernacular Publications

Ci̷i̷'. 2012.  

Jmi̷i̷- Quih' Jâhˊ. 2012.  

Leꜙ Laꜚ Si̷i̷ˊ Jniˊ Juu'jmiꜘ Jneǹ. 1960.