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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Americas > Mexico > Chinantec, Chiltepec

Chinantec, Chiltepec

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3csa

Population  1,000 (1994). 4,000 in Chiltepec municipio with 250 monolinguals (1990 census).
Region  Oaxaca, San José Chiltepec.
Language map  Southern Central Mexico, reference number 170
Dialects  76% intelligibility with Tlacoatzintepec [ctl] (most similar), 20% with Usila [cuc] and Ojitlán [chj], 13% with Valle Nacional [cvn].
Classification  Oto-Manguean, Chinantecan
Language use  Also use Spanish.