Chontal, Lowland Oaxaca

CLO

moribund

Alternate Names: Chontal de la Costa de Oaxaca, Chontal de Oaxaca de la costa, Huamelula Chontal, Huamelulteco

Genealogy:

Tequistlatecan

Demographics: 1,060 (2000 INALI). 0 monolinguals.

Language Use: Endangered. Simple greetings, ritual speech. Not learned by children as L1. Users are over 70 years old. Language area dominated by Spanish [spa].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: Most children and young adults in Spanish [spa]. Grammar. Bible portions: 1955.

Typology: VSO; medium long words, affixes, clitics; nontonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico