Mixtec, Atatlahuca

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A language of Mexico

Alternate Names
Mixteco de San Esteban Atatlahuca, Mixteco del Sur Medio, San Esteban Atatlahuca Mixteco, Sasavú, South Central Tlaxiaco Mixtec, Tu’un savi
User Population

8,300 (1995 census). Total Mixtec speakers: 527,000 (2020 INEGI). 440 monolinguals.

Location

Oaxaca state: San Esteban Atatlahuca and Santa Catarina Yosonotú towns.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Dialects

None known. 68% intelligibility of Yosondúa [mpm].

Typology

VSO; clitics; tonal.

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Grammar. NT: 1973–2010.

Writing

Latin script [Latn].