Central Chinantec

Facts

  • Language: Central Chinantec
  • Alternate names: jajme dzä mii, jmiih kia' dzä mii, Chinanteco Central, Usila Chinantec, Valle Nacional Chinantec, Chiltepec Chinantec, Lealao Chinantec, Palantla Chinantec, Chinantec, Chinanteco, Chinanteko
  • Language code: cuc, cvn, csa, cle, cpa
  • Language family: Otomanguean; Chinantecan (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 34,852
  • Vulnerability: Vulnerable
  • Script:

More information:

    Some sources list up to 14 different Chinantec languages. According to the most recent and accurate sources available, there are 11 different Chinantec languages, with 20 different dialects. (INALI 2009)