Mixtec, Coatzospan

MIZ

developing

Alternate Names: Mixteco de Coatzóspan, Mixteco de San Juan Coatzospan, Teotitlán Mixtec

Dialects: None known. 25% intelligibility of Chazumba ,. Cuyamecalco , reportedly similar, but intelligibility inadequate.

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Eastern Otomanguean
Amuzgo-Mixtecan
Mixtecan
Mixtec

Demographics: 2,090 (2000 INALI). 300 monolinguals (2005 census).

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 60%. Dictionary. NT: 2003.

Typology: VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico