Mixtec, Mitlatongo

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
vmm
Alternate Names
Mixteco de Mitlatongo, Tu’un lavi
Autonym
Jnu’u lavi
User Population

1,800 (2011 SIL). Total Mixtec speakers: 527,000 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Oaxaca state: Nochixtlán, Santa Cruz Mitlatongo, and Santiago Mitlatongo.

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Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

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

70% intelligibility of Yutanduchi [mab], 56% of Peñoles [mil], 54% of Tamazola [vmx], 43% of San Juan Teita [xtj], 10% of Nuxaá dialect of Southwestern Nochixtlan [mxy], 8% of Diuxi [xtd].

Language Use

Home, friends, work. Used by all. Also use Spanish [spa], which is learned by children to a limited extent.

Language Development

Bible portions: 2012.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mixtec, Mitlatongo
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Secondary school. Some men work outside the area; some in the United States.