Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Chinanteco
SOURCE
United Nations Department of Public Information, NY, in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Mexico
Chinanteco
Language Profile
TOTAL SPEAKERS
1,000 (1990)
USAGE BY COUNTRY (OFFICIAL LANGUAGE)
Home Speakers: MexicoBACKGROUND
There are numerous varieties of Chinanteco inherently intelligible, also with other dialects and languages, spoken by over 70,000 people, including several thousands of monolinguals. Speakers use Spanish as second language, but outlying towns are not as bilingual as the centre. Chinanteco belongs to the Oto-Manguean family.