Mixtec, Coatzospan

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Mixteco de Coatzóspan, Mixteco de San Juan Coatzospan, Teotitlán Mixtec

Population

2,090 (2000 INALI). 300 monolinguals (2005 census).

Location

Oaxaca, San Juan Coatzóspan.

Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

25% intelligibility of Chazumba [xtb]. Cuyamecalco [xtu] similar, but intelligibility inadequate.

Typology

VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal

Language Use

Some also use a Mazatec variety.

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 60%. Dictionary. NT: 2003.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script.