Mixtec, Southern Puebla

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Acatlán Mixtec, Mixteco de la frontera Puebla-Oaxaca, Mixteco del Sur de Puebla

Population

3,180 (2010 INEGI). 150 monolinguals (2010).

Location

Puebla, Acatlán, Xayacatlán de Bravo, San Jerónimo Xayacatlán, and Petlalcingo municipalities; Oaxaca, Zapotitlán Palmas municipality.

Language Status

7 (Shifting).

Classification

Dialects

53% intelligibility of Cacaloxtepec [miu] (Huajuapan; most similar).

Typology

VSO; short words, clitics; tonal

Language Use

Mainly adults. Highly bilingual.

Language Development

NT: 1978.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.