Mixtec, Silacayoapan

MKS

developing

Dialects: 70% intelligibility of Metlatónoc ,, 68% of Santa María Peras Cuatzoquitengo dialect of Alacatlatzala ,; testing incomplete.

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Eastern Otomanguean
Amuzgo-Mixtecan
Mixtecan
Mixtec

Demographics: 18,700 in Mexico (2000). 1,500 monolinguals (1990 census).

Language Use: Home, friends, work. All ages.

Language Development: Grammar. NT: 1999.

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

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico