Mixe, Coatlán

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Southeastern Mixe

Population

5,000 (1993 SIL). All Mixe languages: 90,000 (1993 SIL).

Location

East central Oaxaca, including Coatlán, Camotlán, San José, Santa Isabel, and Ixcuintepec.

Language Maps

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

Camotlán Mixe, Coatlán Mixe.

Typology

Long words, affixes, clitics; nontonal

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 25%. Videos. Dictionary. NT: 1976.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.