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Chatino, Nopala

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: cya

Population	11,000 (1990 census). 2,300 monolinguals.
Region	Southeast Oaxaca, Juquila District, Santos Reyes Nopala, Santa María Texmaxcaltepec, San María Magdalena Tiltepec, Teotepec, Cerro el Aire, Santiago Cuixtla, Atotonilco, San Gabriel Mixtepec.
Language map	Southern Central Mexico, reference number 270
Dialects	59% intelligibility with Panixtlahuaca dialect of Western Highland Chatino [ctp], 73% with Yaitepec dialect with Western Highland Chatino [ctp], 13% with Tataltepec Chatino [cta].
Classification	Oto-Manguean, Zapotecan, Chatino
Language use	Also use Spanish.
Language development	NT: 2001.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	VSO; short words; affixes, clitics; tonal. Peasant agriculturalists; craftsmen.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Anonymous. 2011. Ejemplos de variantes del chatino de la zona alta.  

MCKAUGHAN, Barbara; MCKAUGHAN, Howard, compilers; BELTRÁN, Alberto, illustrator. 1951. Diccionario de la lengua chatina.

MCKAUGHAN, Howard P., author. 1954. "Chatino formulas and phonemes."

UPSON, B. W., researcher. 2011. The Chatino Indians.

WARDLE, Ed, researcher. Available: 2011; Created: 1976. Aspects of the Structure of Discourse in Nopala Chatino.

Vernacular Publications

Aclaraciones sobre el alfabeto chatino de Nopala. 1982.

Cuentu ʼin nu cha nguoʼo loʼo nu cha cuichi. 1989.

Ndxga³ti³ʼ nu²ʼwį² cu³ʼni⁴ ch³ʼ² lcwa²a³. 1958.