Tezoatlan Mixtec
[aka Cacaloxtepec Mixtec, Huajuapan Mixtec, Mixteco de Cacaloxtepec]Classification: Otomanguean
·threatened
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Threatened
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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5,540
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"Cacaloxtepec Mixtec" [miu] is cited as having 460 speakers (2005 census), 100 of whom are monolinguals, out of an ethnic population of 1,250; "Tezoatlán Mixtec" [mxb] is cited as having 5,080 speakers (2005 census), 670 of whom are monolinguals.
- DATE OF INFO
- 2005
- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Spanish [spa]
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English [eng]
- Scripts (Writing system)
- Latin
- PLACES
- Mexico
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Oaxaca
- ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
"Cacaloxtepec Mixtec" [miu] is spoken in Santiago Cacaloxtepec town; "Tezoatlán Mixtec" [mxb] is spoken in the towns of Yucuquimi de Ocampo, San Andrés Yutatío, Yucuñuti de Benito Juárez, San Juan Diquiyú, San Marcos de Garzón, San Martín del Río, Santa Catarina Yotandú, San Isidro de Zaragoza, and San Valentín de Gomez.