Mixtec, Southeastern Nochixtlán

MXY

threatened

Alternate Names: Mixteco de Santo Domingo Nuxaá, Mixteco del Sureste de Nochixtlán

Dialects: San Andrés Nuxiño Mixtec, Santa Inés de Zaragoza Mixtec, Santo Domingo Nuxaá Mixtec. 60%–70% intelligibility of Peñoles Mixtec ,. Understand little of San Miguel Piedras , or San Pedro Tidaá Mixtec ,.

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Eastern Otomanguean
Amuzgo-Mixtecan
Mixtecan
Mixtec

Demographics: 4,200 (2000 INALI). 180 monolinguals.

Language Use: Home. Positive attitudes. Spanish [spa] generally preferred. The Santa Inés de Zaragoza Mixtec dialect is very bilingual.

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 3%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%. Videos. Dictionary. Bible portions: 1998–2008.

Typology: VSO; tonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico

Other Comments: There are few Mixtec speakers left in Santa Inés Zaragoza.