Chinantec, Tepetotutla

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ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Chinanteco del Oeste Central Bajo, Jejmei

Autonym

Jajmi dzä kï ï’, Jejmi

Population

1,850 (2000 INALI).

Location

Oaxaca state: El Naranjal, San Antonio del Barrio, San Pedro Tlatepusco, Santa Cruz Tepetotutla, Santo Tomás Texas, and Vega del Sol.

Language Maps

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification

Dialects

60% intelligibility of Quiotepec [chq], 59% of Palantla [cpa], 48% of Yolox dialect of Quiotepec Chinantec [chq].

Typology

VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.

Language Use

Used by all.

Language Development

Literature. Grammar. NT: 1994.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].