Palantla Chinantec | |
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Tlatepuzco Chinantec | |
Native to | Mexico |
Region | Oaxaca |
Ethnicity | Chinantecs |
Native speakers
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25,000 (2007) |
Oto-Mangue
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Either: cpa – Palantla Chinantec cvn – Valle Nacional Chinantec |
Glottolog |
a/pala1351 (Palantla)vall1253 (Valle Nacional)
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Palantla Chinantec, also known as Chinanteco de San Pedro Tlatepuzco, is a major Chinantecan language of Mexico, spoken in San Juan Palantla and a couple dozen neighboring towns in northern Oaxaca. The variety of San Mateo Yetla, known as Valle Nacional Chinantec, has marginal mutual intelligibility.
A grammar and a dictionary have been published.
The language is unusual in having, for some speakers, a three-way contrast between non-nasalized, lightly nasalized, and heavily nasalized vowels.