Mixtec, Chayuco

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
mih
Alternate Names
Eastern Jamiltepec-Chayuco Mixtec, Mixteco de Chayucu, Mixteco de Oaxaca de la Costa Central, Tu’un savi
Autonym
Tuhun savi
User Population

10,000 (1990 SIL). Total Mixtec speakers: 527,000 (2020 INEGI). 950 monolinguals.

Location

Oaxaca state: Saint Catarina Mechoacán and San Agustín Chayuco municipalities.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Amuzgo-Mixtecan, Mixtecan, Mixtec
Dialects

Mechoán. 69% intelligibility of Western Jamiltepec [jmx].

Language Development

Dictionary. NT: 1979.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mixtec, Chayuco
Writing

Latin script [Latn].