Mixtec, Diuxi-Tilantongo

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
xtd
Alternate Names
Central Nochistlán Mixtec, Mixteco de Diuxi-Tilantongo, Mixteco de San Juan Diuxi y Santiago Tilantongo, Mixteco del Este Central, Tnu’un dau
Autonym
Tnuꞌu ñudau
User Population

3,410 (2000 INALI), decreasing. Total Mixtec speakers: 527,000 (2020 INEGI). In rapid decline due to migration to the United States. 150 monolinguals.

Location

Oaxaca state: Diuxi and Tilantongo areas, 20 towns or villages. Mexico City, Oaxaca City and Puebla City.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

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

None known. 37% intelligibility of Peñoles [mil] (Eastern); reportedly more similar to Nuxaá [mxy].

Typology

VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; stems are CVCV or CVV; tonal.

Language Use

Spoken at home and taught to children in most Mixtec households. Home, friends, work. Some of all ages. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

NT: 2001.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mixtec, Diuxi-Tilantongo
Writing

Latin script [Latn].