Mixtec, Tidaá

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Alternate Names: Mixteco de San Pedro Tidaá, Mixteco de Tidaá, North Central Nochixtlán Mixtec

Dialects: None known. 60% intelligibility of Peñoles , (Eastern) (most similar); Nuxaá is reportedly similar.

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Eastern Otomanguean
Amuzgo-Mixtecan
Mixtecan
Mixtec

Demographics: 380 (2000 INALI). 0 monolinguals. Ethnic population: 900 (1990 census).

Language Use: Used by 13% of children 5–15 years of age (1990). Other children not learning Mixtec. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development: Bible portions: 2007.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico