Mixe, Totontepec

MTO

developing

Alternate Names: Ayuk, Mixe alto del norte, Northwestern Mixe

Dialects: Most distinct Mixe variety. 89% intelligibility of Acatepec Me’phaa ,, 79% of Olotepec dialect of North Central Mixe ,, 72% of Tlahuitoltepec ,, 70% of Mixistlán dialect of North Central Mixe ,.

Genealogy:

Mixe-Zoquean
Mixean
Oaxaca Mixean

Demographics: 5,470 (2000 INALI). 870 monolinguals.

Language Use: Vigorous. All domains. All ages. Positive attitudes. Some also speak a Zapotec or Chinantec variety in Chinantequilla.

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 50%. Dictionary. NT: 1989–2009.

Typology: SOV; long words, affixes, clitics; nontonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico

Other Comments: Christian.