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Chinantec, Tlacoatzintepec

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: ctl

Population	2,000 (1990 census). 550 monolinguals.
Region	Oaxaca, San Juan Bautista Tlacoatzintepec, San Pedro Alianza, Santiago Quetzalapa, San Juan Zapotitlán.
Language map	Southern Central Mexico, reference number 173
Dialects	85% intelligibility with Chiltepec [csa] (most similar, lower in outlying areas), 84% with Usila [cuc], 74% with Sochiapan [cso], 15% with Tepetotutla [cnt].
Classification	Oto-Manguean, Chinantecan
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal. Swidden agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Thelin, Anders. 1980. "Tlacoatzintepec Chinantec syllable structure."  

Vernacular Publications

Jau' guioh' tsí̵'ñin' meinh" tsi̵‾nanh_ jáh‾ i"naun‾, ñin"s nin"jmon' ta" guioh' guiáh‾ (Un joven cazador). 2004.