Ojitlán Chinantec language

E770429

The Ojitlán Chinantec language is an indigenous Chinantecan language of the Oto-Manguean family spoken by the Chinantec people in the region around San Lucas Ojitlán in Oaxaca, Mexico.

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Ojitlán Chinantec language canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinantecan language
Oto-Manguean language
indigenous language
language
belongsTo Mesoamerican linguistic area NERFINISHED
continent North America
country Mexico
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Chinantec people NERFINISHED
glottologCode ojit1241
glottologName Ojitlán Chinantec NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Chinanteco de Ojitlán NERFINISHED
Chinanteco de San Lucas Ojitlán NERFINISHED
hasDomain community events
home
local markets
hasFeature complex tone system
phonemic nasalization
tone language
verb–subject–object word order
hasISO639-3Code chj
hasMorphologicalType fusional-analytic
hasNeighboringVarieties Lealao Chinantec NERFINISHED
Palantla Chinantec NERFINISHED
Sochiapam Chinantec NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeature complex vowel system
contrastive tone
hasResourceType limited written materials
languageBranch Western Chinantec NERFINISHED
languageFamily Oto-Manguean NERFINISHED
languageSubfamily Chinantecan NERFINISHED
macroArea Mesoamerica NERFINISHED
partOf indigenous languages of Mexico
primaryWordOrder VSO
recognizedUnder General Law of Linguistic Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Mexico) as part of Chinantec NERFINISHED
region Oaxaca NERFINISHED
Papaloapan basin NERFINISHED
regulationStatus not officially recognized as national language variety by separate law
shiftTowards Spanish NERFINISHED
spokenIn Mexico NERFINISHED
Oaxaca NERFINISHED
San Lucas Ojitlán region NERFINISHED
subclassOf Chinantecan languages NERFINISHED
Oto-Manguean languages NERFINISHED
threatenedBy Spanish language dominance
usedBy Chinantec communities in San Lucas Ojitlán
usedIn daily communication
oral literature
traditional rituals
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Chinantec people speaks Ojitlán Chinantec language