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ALSO KNOWN AS		Chichimeco, Chichimeca, Chichimec, Chichimeca-Jonaz, Jonaz, Pame de Chichimeca-Jonaz, Meco
CLASSIFICATION		Otomanguean, Otopamean
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		pei
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Information from: “Clasificaciones de las lenguas indígenas de México y sus resultados en el censo de 1990” (39-65) . Leonardo Manrique Castañeda (1997) , Beatriz Garza Cuarón · La Jornada

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,582
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1997

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
1,641
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
In the 2000 General Census by INEGI 1,641 people named themselves as speakers of the Chichimeca Jonaz language. Of these 1,433 speakers lived in Guanajuato, and the other 115 in San Luis Potosí.

DATE OF INFO: 2000

LANGUAGE CONTEXT COMMENTS: Before the arrival of the Spaniards, the Chichimeca Jonaz were a nomadic people roaming North Central Mexico and the Southwestern United States and Sonoran Desert. After the Spanish Conquest of Mexico and the ensuing Spanish colonization of the Americas, they fought against Spaniards and Christianized Indians in the Chichimec Wars along with the Pames and Otomies and other Chichimecan peoples, in the Sonora y Sinaloa Province in the Provincias Internas and under the jurisdiction of the Real Audiencia of Guadalajara (Royal Audiencia of Guadalajara) of Viceroyalty of New Spain.

ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: The Chichimeca Jonaz are a group of indigenous people living in Guanajuato and San Luis Potosí. In Guanajuato State the Chichimeca Jonaz people live in a community of San Luis de la Paz municipality. The settlement is 2,070 m above sea level. They call this place Rancho Úza (Indian Ranch) or Misión Chichimeca.

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
877
Native speakers worldwide

DATE OF INFO: 1991

PLACES: Mexico

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: San Luis de la Paz (state of Guanajuato) (Adelaar & Quesada 2007:198)

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
200
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
Data for the number of native speakers comes from K. Olson Instituto Betania (1993).

PLACES: Mexico;

		1997	Clasificaciones de las lenguas indígenas de México y sus resultados en el censo de 1990	Políticas lingüísticas en México	39-65	Beatriz Garza Cuarón	La Jornada	Mexico City		Leonardo Manrique Castañeda	Manrique Castañeda, Leonardo (1997) ‘Clasificaciones de las lenguas indígenas de México y susresultados en el censo de 1990’. In: Beatriz Garza Cuarón (ed.) Políticas lingüísticas en México, pp. 39–65. Mexico City: La Jornada.		1,582	1997	1000-9999			Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
0199255911		2005	The World Atlas of Language Structures			Bernard Comrie and David Gil and Martin Haspelmath and Matthew S. Dryer	Oxford University Press	New York			2005. "The World Atlas of Language Structures." edited by Bernard Comrie et al. Oxford University Press.											21.6666666667,-100.5
		1991	Endangered Languages in Mexico	Endangered Languages	93-134	R. H. Robins and E. M. Uhlenbeck	New York: Berg			Beatriz Garza Cuarón and Yolanda Lastra	Beatriz Garza CuarÃ³n and Yolanda Lastra. 1991. "Endangered Languages in Mexico." In Endangered Languages, edited by R. H. Robins and E. M. Uhlenbeck. 93-134. New York: Berg.	HHOLD	877	1991	100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Mexico	San Luis de la Paz (state of Guanajuato) (Adelaar & Quesada 2007:198)
	16	2009	Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16th Edition (2009)			M. Paul Lewis	SIL International	Dallas, TX	http://www.ethnologue.com/		Lewis, M. Paul (ed.). 2009. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 16 edn. http://www.ethnologue.com/home.asp. (15 February, 2011.)	ll_pub	200		100-999	Data for the number of native speakers comes from K. Olson Instituto Betania (1993).		Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)		Mexico;
			World Oral Literature Project						http://www.oralliterature.org		"World Oral Literature Project." Online: http://www.oralliterature.org.		200		100-999			Endangered (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)
			Personal Communication							Clément {Vignali Chaussabel}	Clément Vignali Chaussabel. "Personal Communication."		1,641	2000	1000-9999	In the 2000 General Census by INEGI 1,641 people named themselves as speakers of the Chichimeca Jonaz language. Of these 1,433 speakers lived in Guanajuato, and the other 115 in San Luis Potosí.	Before the arrival of the Spaniards, the Chichimeca Jonaz were a nomadic people roaming North Central Mexico and the Southwestern United States and Sonoran Desert. After the Spanish Conquest of Mexico and the ensuing Spanish colonization of the Americas, they fought against Spaniards and Christianized Indians in the Chichimec Wars along with the Pames and Otomies and other Chichimecan peoples, in the Sonora y Sinaloa Province in the Provincias Internas and under the jurisdiction of the Real Audiencia of Guadalajara (Royal Audiencia of Guadalajara) of Viceroyalty of New Spain.	Threatened (20 percent certain, based on the evidence available)	The Chichimeca Jonaz are a group of indigenous people living in Guanajuato and San Luis Potosí. In Guanajuato State the Chichimeca Jonaz people live in a community of San Luis de la Paz municipality. The settlement is 2,070 m above sea level. They call this place Rancho Úza (Indian Ranch) or Misión Chichimeca.

Chichimeca-Jonaz

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Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,582

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,641

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

877

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

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Chichimeca-Jonaz

Language metadata

Language information by source

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,582

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

1,641

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

877

Endangered

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available

200

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