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Mixtec, Yutanduchi

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3mab

Population  1,800 (1990 census). 38 monolinguals.
Region  Oaxaca, Nochixtlán District, Yutanduchi de Guerrero.
Language map  Southern Central Mexico, reference number 215
Alternate names   Mixteco de Yutanduchi, Southern Nochixtlan Mixtec
Dialects  49% intelligibility with Estetla (Eastern), 48% with San Juan Tamazola [vmx], 20% with Yosondúa [mpm] and Soyaltepec [vmq], 36%–18% with Peñoles [mil], 15% with Chalcatongo, 13% with Tilantongo [xtd].
Classification  Oto-Manguean, Mixtecan, Mixtec-Cuicatec, Mixtec
Language use  Also use Spanish.
Language development  Taught in primary and secondary schools.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Agriculturalists; export palm leaf; make rope, woven mats.