Upper Southeastern Chinantec

Facts

  • Language: Upper Southeastern Chinantec
  • Alternate names: jumi dsa mojai, Chinanteco del sureste alto, OzumacĂ­n Chinantec, Chinantec, Chinanteco, Chinanteko, Juujmii, Chinanteco de Ayotzintepec
  • Language code: chz
  • Language family: Otomanguean, Western Otomanguean, Oto-Pame-Chinantecan, Chinantecan (SIL classification)
  • Number of speakers: 3,140
  • Vulnerability: Threatened
  • Script: Latin script.

More information:

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