Mixtec, Northwest Oaxaca

MXA

vigorous

Alternate Names: Mixteco de Yucuná, Mixteco del noroeste, Mixteco del Noroeste de Oaxaca

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Eastern Otomanguean
Amuzgo-Mixtecan
Mixtecan
Mixtec

Demographics: 5,430 (2000 INALI). 1,000 monolinguals.

Language Use: All domains. All ages. Also use Spanish [spa].

Typology: SVO; short words, clitics; tonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico