Mixtec, Chazumba

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
xtb
Alternate Names
Da’an davi, Mixteco de Chazumba, Mixteco de la Frontera Puebla-Oaxaca, Northern Oaxaca Mixtec
User Population

3,790 (2000 INALI). 30 monolinguals.

Location

Oaxaca state: Santiago Chazumba municipality and town, San Pedro y San Pablo Tequixtepec; Puebla state: Petlalcingo, Santa Gertrudis Cosoltepec, Totoltepec de Guerrero and Zapotitlán villages.

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Language Status

8a (Moribund).

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

None known. 53% inherent intelligibility of Cacaloxtepec [miu], 24% of Chigmecatitlán [mii], 19% of Cuyamecalco [xtu] (Coatzospan).

Language Use

75% scattered over a large area; most villages fewer than 15% can speak Mixtec. Older adults only. Shifted to Spanish [spa].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mixtec, Chazumba
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].