Mixtec, Chigmecatitlán

MII

vigorous

Alternate Names: Central Puebla Mixtec, Mixteco de la frontera Puebla-Oaxaca, Mixteco de Santa María Chigmecatitlán

Dialects: None known. 23% intelligibility of Chazumba , (Southern Puebla reportedly most similar). An island of Mixtec surrounded by Popoloca and Nahuatl varieties. Low intelligibility with all Mixtec; very different.

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Eastern Otomanguean
Amuzgo-Mixtecan
Mixtecan
Mixtec

Demographics: 1,070 (2000 INALI). 280 monolinguals (1990).

Language Use: Also use Spanish [spa].

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico