Mixtec, Juxtlahuaca

VMC

vigorous

Alternate Names: Central Juxtlahuaca Mixtec, Mixteco de Juxtlahuaca

Dialects: None known. 84% intelligibility of Silacayoapan ,, 80% of Yucuane , and San Miguel Piedras ,, 63% of Santa Cruz Mixtepec ,, 48% of Coicoyán , (Western Juxtlahuaca), 37% of Tezoatlán ,, 18% of Zacatepec ,, 10% of Ñumí.

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Eastern Otomanguean
Amuzgo-Mixtecan
Mixtecan
Mixtec

Demographics: 16,000 (1990 census). 5,500 monolinguals.

Language Use: All ages.

Language Development: Radio programs.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico

Other Comments: Secondary school. Many work in Culiacán or the United States.