CHATINO IS THE SPANISH NAME OF AN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN SENTRAL MEXICO. THERE ARE ABOUT 24,000 WHO SPEAK CHATINO. THEY CALL THEMSELVES KITSA CHATINO. TRADITIONALLY THEY ARE INV0LVED WITH AGRICULTURE AND MAY WORK IN COFFEE PLANTATIONS. THEY HAVE FEDERAL BILIGUAL SCHOOLS AND DISTANCE EDUCATION. THEIR ELDERS ARE TREATED AS HOLDING HIGH AUTHORITY. THEY WORSHIPPED DEITIES OF WATER WIND, RAIN AND SNOW, FIRE MOUNTAINS. THEY ARE CLOSE TO THE ZAPOTEC.
THEY SPEAK OTO-MANGUEAN LANGUAGE. THERE ARE SEVERAL DIALECTS.
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