Mixtec, Yosondúa

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A language of Mexico

Alternate Names
Mixteco de Santiago Yosondúa, Mixteco de Yosondúa, Sa’an sau, Southern Tlaxiaco Mixtec
User Population

2,000 (2010 SIL). Total Mixtec speakers: 527,000 (2020 INEGI). 60 monolinguals.

Location

Oaxaca state.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

Dialects

None known. 70% intelligibility of San Miguel el Grande [mig]. San Mateo Sindihui [xts] has 19% intelligibility of Yosondúa.

Language Use

There are only two ranch areas where the language is still spoken and where children may be learning it (2010 SIL). Some young people, all adults.

Language Development

Literature. Dictionary. NT: 1988–2010.

Writing

Latin script [Latn].