Chinantec, Palantla

CPA

vigorous

Alternate Names: Chinanteco de San Pedro Tlatepuzco

Dialects: None known. 78% intelligibility of Tepetotutla , (most similar), 72% of Valle Nacional ,, 69% of Usila ,, 54% of Ozumacín ,.

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Western Otomanguean
Oto-Pame-Chinantecan
Chinantecan

Demographics: 25,000 (2007 SIL). 1,500 monolinguals.

Language Use: Also use Spanish [spa]. Used as L2 by Ozumacín Chinantec [chz].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1973.

Typology: VSO; short words; tonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico