Chatino, Tataltepec

CTA

threatened

Alternate Names: Chatino Occidental Bajo, Lowland Chatino

Dialects: 38% intelligibility of Yaitepec dialect of Western Highland Chatino ,, 35% of Panixtlahuaca dialect of Western Highland Chatino ,, 33% of Nopala ,, 27% of Zacatepec ,.

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Eastern Otomanguean
Popolocan-Zapotecan
Zapotecan
Chatino

Demographics: 2,640 (2000 INALI). 470 monolinguals.

Language Use: All ages. Used as L2 by Western Highland Chatino [ctp].

Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1981.

Typology: VSO, long words, affixes, clitics, tonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico