Mixtec, Peñoles
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A language of Mexico
Alternate Names
Eastern Mixtec, Mixteco de Santa María Peñoles, Tu’un savi
User Population
5,500 (2000 INALI). Total Mixtec speakers: 527,000 (2020 INEGI). 1,000 monolinguals.
Location
Oaxaca state: Santa María Peñoles municipality, Cholula, Huazolotipac, and Monteflor agencies.
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Language Status
5 (Developing).
Dialects
None known. 14% intelligibility of Chalcatongo. Nuxaá has 30% intelligibility of Peñoles [mil].
Typology
VSO; short words, clitics; tonal.
Language Use
Used by all. Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 40%. Literature. Grammar. NT: 1979–2002.