Native speakers 7,400 (2000) | Ethnicity Chinantecs ISO 639-3 cuc | |
Language family Oto-MangueWestern Oto-MangueOto-Pame–ChinantecanChinantecUsila | ||
Usila is a Chinantec language of Mexico. It is most similar to Tlacoatzintepec Chinantec, with which it has 50% intelligibility (intelligibility in the reverse direction is 85%, presumably due to greater familiarity in that direction).
Like other Chinantec and Mazatec languages, Usila Chinantec is a tonal language noted for having whistled speech. Its tone system is unusually detailed, however, with five register tones.
References
Usila Chinantec Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA