Mixtec, Ocotepec

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A language of Mexico

Alternate Names
Mixteco de Santo Tomás Ocotepec, Mixteco de Sierra Sur Noroeste, Ocotepec Mixtec, Santo Tomás Ocotepec Mixtec, Tu’un savi
User Population

6,170 (2000 INALI). Total Mixtec speakers: 527,000 (2020 INEGI). 600 monolinguals.

Location

Oaxaca state: west central.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Dialects

None known. 80% intelligibility of Ñumí [xtn] (Northwestern Tlaxiaco).

Typology

VSO; short words, clitics; tonal.

Language Use

Used by all.

Writing

Latin script [Latn].