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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

ANDERSON, Alfred E.; MERRIFIELD, William R., authors. 1995. "Issues in Chinantec bilingual lexicography."

ANDERSON, Alfred E.; MERRIFIELD, William R., authors. 2000. Chinantec Project of the language of the scattered peoples of Ancient San Pedro Tlatepuzco, Oaxaca, Mexico.  

ANDERSON, Alfred E.; MERRIFIELD, William R., compilers; GREGORIO JUSTO, Agustín; JESÚS JIMÉNEZ, Ángel de; JOSÉ ANTONIO, Lucio; JOSÉ ANTONIO, Marcelo; JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ, Bonifacio; JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ, Mario; LORENZO MENDOZA, Francisco; MANUEL GARCÍA, Aniceto; MANUEL MARTÍNEZ, Mardonio; MANUEL VÁZQUEZ, Juan; PÉREZ ANTONIO, Rebeca; PÉREZ SIXTO, Alejandro; VELASCO MÉNDEZ, Divina; VELASCO PÉREZ, Porfirio, consultants. 1999. Diccionario chinanteco de la diáspora del pueblo antiguo de San Pedro Tlatepuzco, Oaxaca.

ANDERSON, Alfred E.; MERRIFIELD, William R., compilers; GREGORIO JUSTO, Agustín; JESÚS JIMÉNEZ, Ángel de; JOSÉ ANTONIO, Lucio; JOSÉ ANTONIO, Marcelo; JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ, Bonifacio; JOSÉ MARTÍNEZ, Mario; LORENZO MENDOZA, Francisco; MANUEL GARCÍA, Aniceto; MANUEL MARTÍNEZ, Mardonio; MANUEL VÁZQUEZ, Juan; PÉREZ ANTONIO, Rebeca; PÉREZ SIXTO, Alejandro; VELASCO MÉNDEZ, Divina; VELASCO PÉREZ, Porfirio, consultants. 2007. Diccionario chinanteco de la diáspora del pueblo antiguo de San Pedro Tlatepuzco, Oaxaca.  

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

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

MERRIFIELD, William R., author. 1963. "Palantla Chinantec syllable types."

MERRIFIELD, William R., author. 1963. Palantla Chinantec syllable types.

MERRIFIELD, William R., author. 1965. Palantla Chinantec grammar.

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

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

MERRIFIELD, William R., author. 1968. Palantla Chinantec grammar.

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

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

MERRIFIELD, William, researcher. 2011. Brujo y hechicería (audio y textos).  

MERRIFIELD, William, researcher. 2011. Cuentos de moralidad (audio y textos).  

MERRIFIELD, William, researcher. 2011. Dos a los cuentos glosas del animales del chinanteco.  

MERRIFIELD, William, researcher. 2011. La cultura general y la historia (audio y textos).  

MERRIFIELD, William, researcher. 2011. Los animales y los héroes de la cultura (audio y textos).  

MERRIFIELD, William, researcher. 2011. Orígenes y orígenes de rasgos animales (audio y textos).  

MERRIFIELD, William, researcher. 2011. Seis canciones en la palantla de Chinanteca.  

Vernacular Publications

Mi³tai¹³ jniang³ jǿg³ jmei¹². 2005.

Mi³tai¹³ jniang³ jǿg³ jmei¹². 2011.  

Vamos a leer en lengua chinanteca de San Pedro Tlatapuzco: Lecturas y ejercicios. 1999.