Mixtec, Southeastern Nochixtlán

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
mxy
Alternate Names
Mixteco de Santo Domingo Nuxaá, Mixteco del Este, Mixteco del Sureste de Nochixtlán, Nuxaá Mixtec
Autonym
Tu’un davi
User Population

4,200 (2000 INALI). Total Mixtec speakers: 527,000 (2020 INEGI). 180 monolinguals.

Location

Oaxaca state: Nochixtlán district, El Oro, La Herradura, La Paz, La Unión Zaragoza, Ojo de Agua Nuxaá, Reforma, San Andrés Nuxiño, Santa Inés de Zaragoza, and Santo Domingo Nuxaá.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification
Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Amuzgo-Mixtecan, Mixtecan, Mixtec
Dialects

Santo Domingo Nuxaá Mixtec (Tu’un davi), San Andrés Nuxiño Mixtec (Mixteco Alto de Valles, Tuꞌun ñudavi), Santa Inés de Zaragoza Mixtec (Mixteco de Santa Inés de Zaragoza, Tnu’un davi, Tnuꞌu ñudavi, Tnuꞌu ñuu davi). 60%–70% intelligibility of Peñoles Mixtec [mil]. Understand little of San Miguel Piedras [xtp] or San Pedro Tidaá Mixtec [mtx].

Typology

VSO; tonal.

Language Use

Home. Positive attitudes. Also use Spanish [spa], bilingually, and generally prefer it.

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 3%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%. Literature. Videos. Dictionary. Bible portions: 1998–2019.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mixtec, Southeastern Nochixtlán
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

There are few Mixtec speakers left in Santa Inés Zaragoza.