Mixtec, Silacayoapan

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A language of Mexico

Alternate Names
Mixteco de Santo Domingo Tonalá, Mixteco del Oeste Alto, To’on nda’vi, Tu’un davi
Autonym
Tu̱hun ndáhví
User Population

18,700 (2000). Total Mixtec speakers: 527,000 (2020 INEGI). 1,500 monolinguals (1990 census).

Location

Oaxaca state: San Jorge Nuchita, Santo Domingo Tonala, and Tijuana.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Dialects

70% intelligibility of Metlatónoc [mxv], 68% of Santa María Peras Cuatzoquitengo dialect of Alacatlatzala [mim]; testing incomplete.

Typology

VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.

Language Use

Home, friends, work. Used by all.

Language Development

Literature. NT: 1999.

Writing

Latin script [Latn].