Alternate Names: Chinanteco de San Juan Lealao
Dialects: None known. Considered most divergent Chinantec language.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 2,000 (1990 census). 500 monolinguals.
Language Use: Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Negative attitudes. Consider it inferior to Spanish [spa], but continue to use it.
Language Development: 150 readers, 25 can write. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1980–2008.
Typology: VOS; short words, affixes; tonal.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Mexico
Other Comments: Christian, traditional religion.