Mixtec, Tlazoyaltepec

MQH

vigorous

Alternate Names: Mixteco bajo de Valles, Mixteco de Santiago Tlazoyaltepec

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Eastern Otomanguean
Amuzgo-Mixtecan
Mixtecan
Mixtec

Demographics: 3,700 (2000 INALI). 1,000 monolinguals.

Language Use: They prefer Mixtec over Spanish [spa]. All ages.

Typology: VSO; short words, clitics; tonal.

Writing System: Unwritten

Nation of Origin: Mexico