Chinantec, Usila

CUC

vigorous

Alternate Names: Chinanteco del oeste central alto

Dialects: None known. 48% intelligibility of Tlacoatzintepec , (most similar), 33% of Palantla ,, 32% of Sochiapan ,, 31% of Ojitlán ,.

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Western Otomanguean
Oto-Pame-Chinantecan
Chinantecan

Demographics: 7,410 (2000 INALI). 2,200 monolinguals.

Language Use: All ages. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 20%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1983.

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

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico