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Chinantec, Ojitlán

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: chj

Population	22,000 (1990 census). 2,800 monolinguals.
Region	North Oaxaca, San Lucas Ojitlán, including 4 towns and 15 rancherías, and Veracruz, Hidalgotitlán and Minatitlán municipalities. Most relocated because a dam flooded their land in 1991.
Language map	Southern Central Mexico, reference number 169
Dialects	49% intelligibility with Sochiapan [cso] (most similar), 43% with Usila [cuc], 39% with Palantla [cpa], 31% with Chiltepec [csa].
Classification	Oto-Manguean, Chinantecan
Language development	NT: 1968.
Writing system	Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Smith, Paul and Dorothy Smith. 1955. Vocabulario chinanteco.

Smith, Paul. 1966. Apuntes sobre unas letras del alfabeto chinanteco.

Weitlaner, Roberto J. and Paul Smith. 1962. "Detalles de la fonología del idioma proto-chinanteco: Un informe preliminar."