Palantla Chinantec

Palantla Chinantec
Tlatepuzco Chinantec
Native toMexico
RegionOaxaca
EthnicityChinantecs
Native speakers
25,000 (2007)
Oto-Mangue
  • Western Oto-Mangue
    • Oto-Pame–Chinantecan
Language codes
ISO 639-3Either:
cpa – Palantla Chinantec
cvn – Valle Nacional Chinantec
Glottologpala1351  Palantla
vall1253  Valle Nacional
ELPLower Central Chinantec

Palantla Chinantec, also known as Chinanteco de San Pedro Tlatepuzco, is a major Chinantecan language of Mexico, spoken in San Juan Palantla and a couple dozen neighboring towns in northern Oaxaca. The variety of San Mateo Yetla, known as Valle Nacional Chinantec, has marginal mutual intelligibility.

A grammar and a dictionary have been published.

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