Chinantec, Lalana

CNL

developing

Alternate Names: Chinanteco de San Juan Lalana, Chinanteco del sureste bajo

Dialects: None known. 87% intelligibility of Tepinapa , (most similar, but less so in outlying areas), 43% of Ozumacín ,, 24% of Lealao ,.

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Western Otomanguean
Oto-Pame-Chinantecan
Chinantecan

Demographics: 10,700 (2000 INALI). 2,500 monolinguals.

Language Use: All ages.

Language Development: Dictionary. NT: 1974–2012.

Typology: VOS; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico