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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ojitlán Chinantec language canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chinantec people → speaks → Ojitlán Chinantec language ⓘ