Lealao Chinantec

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Lealao Chinantec
Latani Chinantec
Native toMexico
RegionOaxaca
EthnicityChinantecs
Native speakers
(2,000 cited 1990 census)[1]
Oto-Mangue
  • Western Oto-Mangue
    • Oto-Pame–Chinantecan
Language codes
ISO 639-3cle
Glottologleal1235

Lealao (Chinanteco de San Juan Lealao), also known as Latani, is the most divergent of the Chinantecan languages of Mexico. It is spoken in northeast Oaxaca, in the towns of San Juan Lealao, Latani, Tres Arroyos, and La Hondura.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lealao Chinantec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)