Mixe, Totontepec

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
mto
Alternate Names
Mixe Alto del Norte, Northwestern Mixe
Autonym
Ayuk
User Population

5,470 (2000 INALI). Total Mixe speakers: 140,000 (2020 INEGI). 870 monolinguals.

Location

Oaxaca state: north of Zacatepec, 10 towns.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification
Mixe-Zoquean, Mixean, Oaxaca Mixean
Dialects

Most distinct Mixe variety. 89% intelligibility of Zacatepec dialect of North Central Mixe [neq], 79% of Olotepec dialect of North Central Mixe [neq], 72% of Tlahuitoltepec [mxp], 70% of Mixistlán dialect of North Central Mixe [neq].

Typology

SOV; long words, affixes, clitics; nontonal.

Language Use

Vigorous. All domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Some also use Zapotec [zap], or a Chinantec variety in Chinantequilla.

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 50%. Literature. Dictionary. NT: 1989–2009.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mixe, Totontepec
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Christian.