Endangered Languages Project - Lower West-Central Chinantec

Lower West-Central Chinantec

^{[aka jajmi dzä kï ï ', jejmei, jejmi]}

Classification: Otomanguean

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threatened

ALSO KNOWN AS		jajmi dzä kï ï ', jejmei, jejmi, Chinanteco del oeste central bajo, Usila Chinantec, Tepetotutla Chinantec, Chinantec, Chinanteco, Chinanteko
CLASSIFICATION		Otomanguean, Chinantecan
CODE AUTHORITY		ISO 639-3
LANGUAGE CODE		cuc, cnt
VARIANTS & DIALECTS		jajmi dzä kï ï ' jejmei jejmi
DOWNLOAD		As csv
MORE RESOURCES		OLAC search
ADDITIONAL COMMENTS		Some sources list up to 14 different Chinantec languages. According to the most recent and accurate sources available, there are 11 different Chinantec languages, with 20 different dialects. (INALI 2009)

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Information from: “Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 18th Edition” . Lewis, M. Paul, Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig · SIL International

Threatened

20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
9,260
Native speakers worldwide
MORE ON SPEAKER NUMBERS
All ages. The speaker number is calculated from several language pages in Ethnologue.

PLACES: Mexico

LOCATION DESCRIPTION: Spoken in San Felipe Usila and in Santa Cruz Tepetotutla

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