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Chinantec, Palantla

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: cpa

Population	25,000. 1,500 monolinguals.
Region	Oaxaca, San Juan Palantla plus more than 21 towns.
Language map	Southern Central Mexico, reference number 171
Alternate names	Chinanteco de San Pedro Tlatepuzco
Dialects	78% intelligibility with Tepetotutla [cnt] (most similar), 72% with Valle Nacional [cvn], 69% with Usila [cuc], 54% with Ozumacín [chz].
Classification	Oto-Manguean, Chinantecan
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%. Dictionary. NT: 1973.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	VSO, short words, tonal. Swidden agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Bolyanatz, Alexander H. 1983. An ethnometaphysical comparison: The image of limited good and Alexander V. Chayanov.

Merrifield, William R. 1959. "Chinantec kinship in Palantla, Oaxaca, Mexico."

Merrifield, William R. 1963. "Palantla Chinantec syllable types."

Merrifield, William R. 1963. Palantla Chinantec syllable types.

Merrifield, William R. 1965. Palantla Chinantec grammar.

Merrifield, William R. 1966. "Linguistic clues for the reconstruction of Chinantec prehistory."

Merrifield, William R. 1967. "When the sun rose for the first time: a Chinantec creation myth."

Merrifield, William R. 1968. Palantla Chinantec grammar.

Merrifield, William R. 1970. "The souls really do come back: a Chinantec proof text for All Saints day."

Merrifield, William R. 2009. Insufficient land: the fortunes of the Tlatepuzcan Chinantecs of San Juan Palantla 1928-2005.  

Merrifield, William R. and Alfred E. Anderson, compilers. 1999. Diccionario Chinanteco de la diáspora del pueblo antiguo de San Pedro Tlatepuzco Oaxaca.  

Merrifield, William R. and Alfred E. Anderson. 1995. "Issues in Chinantec bilingual lexicography."

Vernacular Publications

Mi³tai¹³ jniang³ jǿg³ jmei¹² (Aprendamos a leer en chinanteco). 2005.