Ojitlán Chinantec language

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The Ojitlán Chinantec language is an indigenous Chinantecan language of the Oto-Manguean family spoken by the Chinantec people in the region around San Lucas Ojitlán in Oaxaca, Mexico.

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Ojitlán Chinantec language canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinantecan language
Oto-Manguean language
indigenous language
language
belongsTo Mesoamerican linguistic area
continent North America
country Mexico
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Chinantec people
glottologCode ojit1241
glottologName Ojitlán Chinantec
hasAlternativeName Chinanteco de Ojitlán
linked to: San Lucas Ojitlán

Chinanteco de San Lucas Ojitlán
hasDomain community events
home
local markets
hasFeature complex tone system
phonemic nasalization
tone language
verb–subject–object word order
hasISO639-3Code chj
hasMorphologicalType fusional-analytic
hasNeighboringVarieties Lealao Chinantec
Palantla Chinantec
Sochiapam Chinantec
hasPhonologicalFeature complex vowel system
contrastive tone
hasResourceType limited written materials
languageBranch Western Chinantec
languageFamily Oto-Manguean
languageSubfamily Chinantecan
macroArea Mesoamerica
partOf indigenous languages of Mexico
primaryWordOrder VSO
recognizedUnder General Law of Linguistic Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Mexico) as part of Chinantec
region Oaxaca
Papaloapan basin
regulationStatus not officially recognized as national language variety by separate law
shiftTowards Spanish
spokenIn Mexico
Oaxaca
San Lucas Ojitlán region
subclassOf Chinantecan languages
Oto-Manguean languages
threatenedBy Spanish language dominance
usedBy Chinantec communities in San Lucas Ojitlán
usedIn daily communication
oral literature
traditional rituals
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Chinantec people speaks Ojitlán Chinantec language