Mixtec, Yucuañe

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Alternate Names: Mixteco de San Bartolomé Yucuañe, Mixteco del sureste central

Dialects: 87% intelligibility of San Cristóbal Amoltepec ,, 86% of Tijaltepec ,, 85% of Magdalena Peñasco ,, 64% of Teita ,, 60% of Nduaxico , (Northern Tlaxiaco Mixtec), 56% of Tlacotepec ,. 2 dialects in San Agustín Tlacotepec.

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Eastern Otomanguean
Amuzgo-Mixtecan
Mixtecan
Mixtec

Demographics: 710 (2000 INALI). 90 monolinguals.

Language Use: Home. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: Possibly 40% in Spanish. Taught in primary and secondary schools.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico