Mixtec, Chigmecatitlán

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
mii
Alternate Names
Central Puebla Mixtec, Da’an davi, De’e dau, Dehe dau, Mixteco de Santa María Chigmecatitlán, Mixteco del Suroeste de Puebla
User Population

1,350 (2010 INEGI). Total Mixtec speakers: 527,000 (2020 INEGI). 160 monolinguals (2010 INEGI).

Location

Puebla state: Santa Catarina Tlaltempan and Santa María Chigmecatitlán south of Puebla City.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

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

None known. 23% intelligibility of Chazumba [mit] (Southern Puebla reportedly most similar). An island of Mixtec surrounded by Popoloca and Nahuatl varieties. Low intelligibility with all Mixtec; very different.

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mixtec, Chigmecatitlán
Writing

Latin script [Latn].