Upper West-Central Chinantec

Facts

Language: Upper West-Central Chinantec
Alternate names: jaú jm, jmiih kia' dzä jii', Chinanteco del oeste central alto, Usila Chinantec, Chinantec, Chinanteco, Chinanteko
Language code: cuc
Language family: Otomanguean, Western Otomanguean, Oto-Pame-Chinantecan, Chinantecan (SIL classification)
Number of speakers: 7,410
Vulnerability: Threatened
Script: Latin script.

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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)