Also Known As:
Huamelultec, Chontal, Lowland Oaxaca Chontal, Huamelula Chontal, Chontal de la Costa de Oaxaca, Huamelulteco, Chontal (Huamelultec Oaxaca), Chontal de Oaxaca (Costa), Lowland Oaxaca Chontal, Coastal Tequistlatec, Tluamelula
Dialects & Varieties
Recent Resources
LEY GENERAL DE DERECHOS LINGÜÍSTICOS DE LOS PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS
CATÁLOGO DE LAS LENGUAS INDÍGENAS NACIONALES
basic vocabulary
Severely Endangered
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
100
Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
5
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Bedrohter Sprachen, Dokumentation. Dokumentation Bedrohter Sprachen (DoBeS). http://www.mpi.nl/DOBES/projects/ (October, 2011)
Bibliography of Locations:
2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.
Bibliography of Context:
Bedrohter Sprachen, Dokumentation. Dokumentation Bedrohter Sprachen (DoBeS). http://www.mpi.nl/DOBES/projects/ (October, 2011)