Chinantecan languages

Chinantec
Tsa Jujmi
Native toMexico
RegionOaxaca
EthnicityChinantecs
Native speakers
140,000 (2020 census)[1]
Oto-Manguean
  • Western
    • Oto-Pame–Chinantecan
      • Chinantec
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
cco – Comaltepec Chinantec
chj – Ojitlán Chinantec
chq – Quiotepec Chinantec
chz – Ozumacín Chinantec
cle – Lealao Chinantec
cnl – Lalana Chinantec
cnt – Tepetotutla Chinantec
cpa – Palantla Chinantec
csa – Chiltepec Chinantec
cso – Sochiapan Chinantec
cte – Tepinapa Chinantec
ctl – Tlacoatzintepec Chinantec
cuc – Usila Chinantec
cvn – Valle Nacional Chinantec
Glottologchin1484
ELPCentral Chinantec
The Chinantecan languages, number 9 (chartreuse), east.

The Chinantec or Chinantecan languages constitute a branch of the Oto-Manguean family. Though traditionally considered a single language, Ethnologue lists 14 partially mutually unintelligible varieties of Chinantec.[2] The languages are spoken by the indigenous Chinantec people who live in Oaxaca and Veracruz, Mexico, especially in the districts of Cuicatlán, Ixtlán de Juárez, Tuxtepec and Choapan, and in Staten Island, New York.[3]

  1. ^ "Lenguas indígenas y hablantes de 3 años y más, 2020". Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020. INEGI.
  2. ^ Palancar, Enrique L. (2014). "Revisiting the Complexity of the Chinantecan Verb Conjugation Classes". In Léonard, Jean-Léo; Kihm, Alain (eds.). Patterns in Mesoamerican Morphology. pp. 77–102. HAL 01100738.
  3. ^ Torrens, Claudio (2011-05-28). "Some NY immigrants cite lack of Spanish as barrier". UTSanDiego.com. Retrieved 2015-03-02.