Mixtec, Diuxi-Tilantongo

XTD

threatened

Alternate Names: Central Nochistlán Mixtec, Mixteco de Diuxi-Tilantongo, Mixteco del este central

Dialects: None known. 37% intelligibility of Peñoles , (Eastern); reportedly more similar to Nuxaá ,.

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Eastern Otomanguean
Amuzgo-Mixtecan
Mixtecan
Mixtec

Demographics: 3,410 (2000 INALI), decreasing. In rapid decline due to migration to the United States. 150 monolinguals.

Language Use: Spoken at home and taught to children in most Mixtec households. Home, friends, work. All ages. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development: NT: 2001.

Typology: VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; stems are CVCV or CVV; tonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico