• Threatened

  80 percent certain, based on the evidence available

• 3,140

  Native speakers worldwide
• MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS

  (NALI). "260 monolinguals (1990 census)."

DATE OF INFO

2000

DOMAINS OF USE

TRANSMISSION

MORE ON VITALITY

"Half of parents pass it on to children. Most domains, local administration, commerce, some in religious services."

SPEAKER ATTITUDE

"Negative attitudes. View Chinantec as inferior to Spanish [spa], but continue to use it."

OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY

• Spanish [spa]; Palantla Chinantec [cpa]

Scripts (Writing system)

Latin

PLACES

Mexico

LOCATION DESCRIPTION

"Northeast Oaxaca, San Pedro Ozumacín, Ayotzintepec, and Santiago Progreso."