Data collected by the Latin Union, engaged to promote the cultural heritages of their 37 member states.

Data on Chocho:

Alternative names: Chocholtec, Chocholteco, Ngigua, Chochotec, Chochon

Classification: Oto-Manguean language family, Popolocan language

Area: Oaxaca, Mexico

Number of speakers: 922

However, Ethnologue (1998) estimates 770 speakers.

Language status: No official status.

Vitality & transmission: Considered “endangered” by UNESCO.

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Sources & additional bibliography:

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Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas – INALI (2005), Catálogo de lenguas indígenas mexicanas: Cartografía contemporánea de sus asentamientos históricos

Mock, Carol, compiler. 1977. Chocho: Santa Catarina Ocotlán, Oaxaca. Archivo de Lenguas Indígenas de México, 4. Mexico: Centro de Investigación para la Integración Social

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Ethnologue webpage – SIL