Mixtec, Southwestern Tlaxiaco

MEH

developing

Alternate Names: Mixteco de Santiago Nuyoo, Mixteco del suroeste de Tlaxiaco, Nuyoo Mixtec, Southeastern Ocotepec Mixtec

Dialects: Nuyoo, Yucuhiti. 54% intelligibility of Atatláhuca , (most similar).

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Eastern Otomanguean
Amuzgo-Mixtecan
Mixtecan
Mixtec

Demographics: 7,340 (2000 census). 1,000 monolinguals.

Language Use: Home, friends, work. All ages. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 60%. Bible portions: 1999–2013.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico