MIXTECO, MIXTEPEC: a language of Mexico

The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.

SIL code: MIX

ISO 639-2: cai

Population 12,000 including 2,600 monolinguals (1990 census). Population total both countries 12,000.
Region Oaxaca, San Juan Mixtepec, and probably a few thousand in the San Quintín Valley of Baja California. Also spoken in USA.
Alternate names   EASTERN JUXTLAHUACA MIXTECO, SAN JUAN MIXTEPEC MIXTECO, MIXTEPEC MIXTEC
Classification Oto-Manguean, Mixtecan, Mixtec-Cuicatec, Mixtec.
Comments Distinct from other Mixteco. Limited bilingualism in Spanish. Bible portions 1974.

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