Also Known As:
Motozintlec, Motozintleco, Mochó, Cotoque
Dialects & Varieties
- Mocho'(Motozintleco)
- Tuzantec
- Tuzanteco
Recent Resources
SITIO DEL INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LENGUAS INDÍGENAS (INALI)
LEY GENERAL DE DERECHOS LINGÜÍSTICOS DE LOS PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS
CATÁLOGO DE LAS LENGUAS INDÍGENAS NACIONALES
Critically Endangered
60 percent certain, based on the evidence available
<30
Native Speakers Worldwide
Transmission
Transmission 5
There are only a few elderly speakers.
5
Bibliography
Bibliography of Vitality:
Naomi Elizabeth Palosaari. Topics in Mocho' Phonology and Morphology. PhD thesis, University of Utah, 2011.
Bibliography of Locations:
Moseley, Christopher (ed.). 2010. Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, 3rd edn. http://www.unesco.org/culture/en/endangeredlanguages/atlas. (03 June, 2011.)
Bibliography of Context:
Naomi Elizabeth Palosaari. Topics in Mocho' Phonology and Morphology. PhD thesis, University of Utah, 2011.