Mixtec, Jamiltepec

MXT

vigorous

Alternate Names: Eastern Jamiltepec-San Cristobal Mixtec, Mixteco de Jamiltepec, Mixteco de Oaxaca de costa central baja , Mixteco de Santa María Huazolotitlán

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Eastern Otomanguean
Amuzgo-Mixtecan
Mixtecan
Mixtec

Demographics: 9,760 (2000 INALI). 1,300 monolinguals.

Language Use: All ages. Also use Spanish [spa]. Used as L2 by Ixtayutla Mixtec [vmj].

Language Development: NT: 1983.

Typology: VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico