Western Alta Mixtec
[aka Itundujia Mixtec, Eastern Putla Mixtec, Mixteco de Santa ...]Classification: Otomanguean
·vulnerable
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Vulnerable
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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61,530
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"Itundujia Mixtec" [mce] is cited as having 850 speakers (2000 INALI), 17 of whom are monolinguals (2005 census); "Santa Lucía Monteverde Mixtec" [mdv] is cited as having 5,430 speakers (2000 INALI), 480 of whom are monolinguals, out of an ethnic population of 6,000 (1995 census); "Southwestern Tlaxiaco Mixtec" [meh] is cited as having 7,340 speakers (2000 census), 1,000 of whom are monolinguals; "Atatláhuca Mixtec" [mib] is cited as having 8,300 speakers (1995 census), 440 of whom are monolinguals; "Ocotepec Mixtec" [mie] is cited as having 6,170 (2000 INALI) speakers, 600 of whom are monolinguals; "San Miguel el Grande Mixtec" [mig] is cited as having 6,000 speakers (2005 census), 330 of whom are monolinguals; "Yosondúa Mixtec" [mpm] is cited as having 2,000 speakers (2010 SIL), 60 of whom are monolinguals; "Yucuañe Mixtec" [mvg] is cited as having 710 speakers (2000 INALI), 90 of whom are monolinguals; "Sinicahua Mixtec" [xti] is cited as having 1,110 speakers (2005 census), 150 of whom are monolinguals; "San Juan Teita Mixtec" [xtj] is cited as having 330 speakers (2000 INALI), 35 of whom are monolinguals; "Tijaltepec Mixtec" [xtl] is cited as having 3,250 speakers (2005 census), 420 of whom are monolinguals; "Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec" [xtm] is cited as having 7,350 speakers (2005 census), 1,170 of whom are monolinguals (2000 census); "Northern Tlaxiaco Mixtec" [xtn] is cited as having 12,300 speakers (2000 INALI), 1,600 of whom are monolinguals; "Tacahua Mixtec" [xtt] is cited as having 390 speakers (2005 census), 60 of whom are monolinguals.
- DATE OF INFO
- 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010
- Scripts (Writing system)
- Latin
- PLACES
- Mexico
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Oaxaca
- ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
"Itundujia Mixtec" [mce] is spoken in Morelos and Guerrero villages; "Santa Lucía Monteverde Mixtec" [mdv] is spoken in Agua del Toro and Ocotlán; "Southwestern Tlaxiaco Mixtec" [meh] is spoken (somewhere) in Oaxaca; "Atatláhuca Mixtec" [mib] is spoken in San Esteban Atatláhuca and Santa Catarina Yosonotú towns; "Ocotepec Mixtec" [mie] is spoken in west central Oaxaca; "San Miguel el Grande Mixtec" [mig] is spoken in Chalcatongo; "Yosondúa Mixtec" [mpm] is spoken (somewhere); "Yucuañe Mixtec" [mvg] is spoken in San Bartolomé Yucuañe; "Sinicahua Mixtec" [xti] is spoken in Sinicahua, San Antonio Sinicahua, and Siniyucu; "San Juan Teita Mixtec" [xtj] is spoken in San Juan Teita town; "Tijaltepec Mixtec" [xtl] is spoken in San Pablo Tijaltepec Santa María Yosoyúa town; "Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec" [xtm] is spoken in the municipalities of Santa María Magdalena Peñasco, San Cristobal Amoltepec, San Mateo Peñasco, and San Agustín Tlacotepec; "Northern Tlaxiaco Mixtec" [xtn] is spoken in the municipalities of San Juan Ñumí, Santiago Nundichi, San Antonino Monte Verde, and San Sebastián Nicananduta; "Tacahua Mixtec" [xtt] is spoken in Tlaxiaco district.