Cuicatec, Tepeuxila
A language of Mexico
| Population | 8,500 (1990 census). 850 monolinguals. |
| Region | Northwest Oaxaca. 16 towns. |
| Language map |
Southern Central Mexico, reference number 176 |
| Dialects | Santa María Pápalo. 88% intelligibility with Teutila Cuicatec [cut]. |
| Classification | Oto-Manguean, Mixtecan, Mixtec-Cuicatec, Cuicatec |
| Language development | NT: 1974. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | VSO; short words; affixes, clitics; tonal. Swidden agriculturalists. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
Bradley, David P. 1991. "A preliminary syntactic sketch of Concepción Pápalo Cuicatec."
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Davis, Marjorie and Margaret Walker. 1955. "Cuicateco: Morphemics and morphophonemics."
Davis, Marjorie. 1952. "Translating nouns into the Cuicateco language."
Davis, Marjorie. 1954. "Translating from FL Cuicateco to TL English."
Davis, Marjorie. 1963. "Cuicatec tales about witchcraft."
Needham, Doris and Marjorie Davis. 1946. "Cuicateco phonology."

