| Palantla Chinantec | |
|---|---|
| Tlatepuzco Chinantec | |
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Oaxaca |
| Ethnicity | Chinantecs |
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Native speakers
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25,000 (2007) |
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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.