Alternate Names: Chinanteco del noroeste
Dialects: None known. 85% intelligibility of Chiltepec , (most similar, lower in outlying areas), 84% of Usila ,, 74% of Sochiapan ,, 15% of Tepetotutla ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 1,720 (2000 INALI). 550 monolinguals.
Language Use: In Tlacoatzintepec and environs, the children are still growing up speaking Chinantec. (2011 SIL). All ages.
Language Development: Bible portions: 1991–2008.
Typology: VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.
Writing System: Latin
Nation of Origin: Mexico