Mixe, Coatlán

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A language of Mexico

Alternate Names
Southeastern Mixe
Autonym
Ayuk
User Population

5,000 (1993 SIL). Total Mixe speakers: 140,000 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Oaxaca state: Coatlán, Camotlán, Ixcuintepec, San José, and Santa Isabel.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Dialects

Coatlán Mixe, Camotlán Mixe.

Typology

Long words, affixes, clitics; nontonal.

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 25%. Literature. Videos. Dictionary. NT: 1976.

Writing

Latin script [Latn].