Northern Baja Mixtec
[aka Chigmecatitlán Mixtec, Central Puebla Mixtec, Mixteco de Santa ...]Classification: Otomanguean
·threatened
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Threatened
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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8,320
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"Chigmecatitlán Mixtec" [mii] is cited as having 1,350 speakers (2010 INEGI), of whom 160 are monolinguals (2010 INEGI); "Southern Puebla Mixtec" [mit] is cited as having 3,180 speakers (2010 INEGI), 150 of whom are monolinguals (2010); "Chazumba Mixtec" [xtb] is cited as having 3,790 speakers (2000 INALI), 30 of whom are monolinguals.
- DATE OF INFO
- 2000, 2010
- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Spanish [spa]
- Scripts (Writing system)
- Latin
- PLACES
- Mexico
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Puebla; Oaxaca
- ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
"Chigmecatitlán Mixtec" [mii] is spoken in Santa Catarina Tlaltempan and Santa María Chigmecatitlán in Puebla; "Southern Puebla Mixtec" [mit] is spoken in the municipalities of Acatlán, Xayacatlán de Bravo, San Jerónimo Xayacatlán, and Petlalcingo in Puebla, and in Zapotitlán Palmas municipality in Oaxaca; "Chazumba Mixtec" [xtb] is spoken in the villages of Zapotitlán, Santa Gertrudis Cosoltepec, Petlalcingo, and Totoltepec de Guerrero in Puebla, and in Santiago Chazumba and San Pedro y San Pablo Tequixtepec in Oaxaca.