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Chatino, Tataltepec

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3cta

Population  4,000 (1990 census). 470 monolinguals.
Region  Southeast Oaxaca, Juquila District, extreme west lowland Chatino area, Tataltepec de Valdez and San Pedro Tututepec towns; a few in nearby Spanish centers.
Language map  Southern Central Mexico, reference number 266
Alternate names   Lowland Chatino
Dialects  38% intelligibility with Yaitepec dialect of Western Highland Chatino [ctp], 35% with Panixtlahuaca dialect of Western Highland Chatino [ctp], 33% with Nopala [cya], 27% with Zacatepec [ctz].
Classification  Oto-Manguean, Zapotecan, Chatino
Language development  Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1981.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  VSO, long words, affixes, clitics, tonal. Swidden agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BARTHOLOMEW, Doris A., author. 1980. "Otomanguean influence on Pochutla Aztec."

PRIDE, Kitty, author. 1961. "Numerals in Chatino."

PRIDE, Kitty, researcher. 2011. Phonemic System Pressures on Borrowed Words.  Available online

PRIDE, Kitty; PRIDE, Leslie, authors. 1968. "Juan Cenizas in Chatino."

PRIDE, Kitty; PRIDE, Leslie, compilers. 1970. Vocabulario chatino de Tataltepec: Castellano-chatino, chatino-castellano.  Available online

PRIDE, Kitty; PRIDE, Leslie, researchers. Available: 2011; Created: 1977. Ethnological Notes on Chatino Tataltepec.

PRIDE, Leslie, author. 1963. "Chatino tonal structure."

PRIDE, Leslie, author. 1984. "Chatino: Tono y contraste en la penúltima sílaba en Tataltepec."

PRIDE, Leslie, author. 1984. Tone contrasts on the penultimate syllable in Tataltepec Chatino.  Available online

PRIDE, Leslie, researcher. 2011. Tone Studies in Chatino cta.

PRIDE, Leslie, researcher. Available: 2011; Created: 1976. Tataltepec Chatino.

Vernacular Publications

Cacu na tsoʼo. 1982.

Cwa³ʼo̱³ cwityi ncwa³ ju̱² 1. 1961.

Leemos y escribimos cartilla 4. 1975.

Leemos y Escribimos, Cartilla 1. 1973.

Leemos y Escribimos, Cartilla 2. 1973.  Available online

Leemos y Escribimos, Cartilla 3. 1973.  Available online

Leemos y escribimos: Cartilla 3, segunda parte. 1982.

Ña'a̱ na̱ quityi. 1966.

Naʼni. 1975.

Nde³ quityi³ chaʼ² cwityi¹ tsa³ 2. 1962.

Nu sube tiʼi, nu xneʼ taja: Loʼo xaʼ cña̱ cua̱ chaʼcna̱. 1977.

Xaʼ cwityi lo ti 4. 1963.

Xaʼ cwityi tsa 5. 1963.

Xca² quityi³ chaʼ² cwityi¹ 3. n.d.