CHINANTEC

The 'Chinantecs' are an indigenous people that lives in Oaxaca and Veracruz, Mexico, especially in the districts of Cuicatlán, Ixtlán de Juarez, Tuxtepec and Choapan. Some Chinantecs are still very traditional: they often wear traditional clothing and practice traditional crafts such as weaving, and they generally live from subsistence farming and small-scale trade.
The Chinantec languages belong to the Chinantecan branch of the Oto-Manguean family. The Ethnologue lists 14 different partially unintelligible varieties of Chinantec.

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Language varieties

Tone

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Language varieties

Approximate number of speakers of all varieties of Chinantec ~93,000

Language	'ISO-Code'	'Where spoken'	'Number of speakers'
Chinantec of Chiltepec	csa	San José Chiltepec Oaxaca	4,000
Chinantec of Comaltepec	cso	Comaltepec, Northern Oaxaca	2,000 (1990 census).
Chinantec of Lalana	cnl	25 towns on the border between Oaxaca and Veracruz	10,500 (1990 SIL).
Chinantec of Lealao	cle	Northeastern Oaxaca, San Juan Lealao, Latani, Tres Arroyos, and La Hondura	2,000
Chinantec of Ojitlán	chj	Northern Oaxaca and Veracruz municipos of Minatitlan and Hidalgotitlan	22,000
Chinantec of Ozumacín	chz	San Pedro Ozumacín and surrounding towns, Oaxaca	5,000
Chinantec of Palantla	cpa	San Juan Palantla and surrounding towns, Oaxaca	12,000
Chinantec of Quiotepec (Highland Chinantec)	chq	and surrounding towns, Oaxaca	8,000
Chinantec of Sochiapan	cso	Northern Oaxaca	5,800
Chinantec of Tepetolutla	cnt	Northern Oaxaca	2,000
Chinantec of Tepinapa	cte	Northern Oaxaca, Choapan District, Very remote area	8,000
Chinantec of Tlacoatzintepec	ctl	Northern Oaxaca	2,000
Chinantec of Usila	cuc	Oaxaca one town in Veracruz	9,000
Chinantec of Valle Nacional	cvn	Yetla, North Oaxaca	1,000

Tone

Chinantec is a tonal language and some dialects (Usila Chinantec) have five register tones, an uncommon trait in the world's languages.

External links

★ The Chinantec language family (SIL-Mexico)

★ Sochiapam Chinantec (SIL-Mexico)

★ A whistled conversation in Sochiapam Chinantec (SIL-Mexico)