Lalana-Tepinapa Chinantec

Chinantecan language of Mexico From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lalana-Tepinapa Chinantec is a Chinantecan language of Mexico, spoken in 30 towns in a remote region along the OaxacaVeracruz border. Outlying varieties of Lalana and Tepinapa Chinantec have only marginal intelligibility with each other. A third of speakers are monolingual.

NativetoMexico
RegionOaxaca
EthnicityChinantecs
Native speakers
(23,000 cited 2000)[1]
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Lalana-Tepinapa Chinantec
Native toMexico
RegionOaxaca
EthnicityChinantecs
Native speakers
(23,000 cited 2000)[1]
Oto-Mangue
  • Western Oto-Mangue
    • Oto-Pame–Chinantecan
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
cnl  Lalana Chinantec
cte  Tepinapa Chinantec
Glottologlala1270  Lalana
tepi1241  Tepinapa
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