Mixtec, Northern Tlaxiaco

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
xtn
Alternate Names
Mixteco de San Juan Ñumí, Mixteco de Ñumi, Mixteco del Norte de Tlaxiaco, Sa’an nda’u, Sa’an sau, Ñumí Mixtec
Autonym
Sa’an savi
User Population

5,790 (2000 INALI). Total Mixtec speakers: 527,000 (2020 INEGI). 1,600 monolinguals.

Location

Oaxaca state: Teposcolula district, San Antonino Monte Verde and San Sebastián Nicananduta municipalities; Tlaxiaco district, San Juan Ñumí and Santiago Nundichi municipalities.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

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

Yosoñama, San Antonio Nduaxico, San Antonino Monte Verde (Mixteco del Norte Bajo, Tu’un savi), San Sebastian Nicananduta (Mixteco del Norte Bajo, Tu’un savi), Santiago Nundiche (Mixteco de Oeste Central, Sa’an ntavi).

Language Use

Home, friends, work. Used by all. Also use Spanish [spa]. Bilingualism increasing due to schooling and migration.

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 20%. Literacy rate in L2: 60%. Literature. Videos. Grammar. Bible: 2015.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mixtec, Northern Tlaxiaco
Writing

Latin script [Latn].