Mixtec, Northwest Oaxaca
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A language of Mexico
Alternate Names
Mixteco de Yucuná, Mixteco del Noroeste, Mixteco del Noroeste de Oaxaca, Tu’un savi
User Population
5,430 (2000 INALI). Total Mixtec speakers: 527,000 (2020 INEGI). 1,000 monolinguals.
Location
Oaxaca state: Guadalupe Portezuelo, San Simón Zahuatlán, and Santos Reyes Yucuná.
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Language Status
6a (Vigorous).
Typology
SVO; short words, clitics; tonal.
Language Use
All domains. Used by all. Also use Spanish [spa].