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Mixtec, Santa Lucía Monteverde

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: mdv

Population	4,000 (2001 J. Williams). 203 monolinguals (1995 census) mostly in Agua del Toro and Ocotlán. Ethnic population: 6,000 (1995 census).
Region	West central Oaxaca, northeast Putla District, Santa Lucía Monteverde town.
Language map	Southern Central Mexico, reference number 220
Dialects	Intelligibility 83% with San Esteban Atatláhuca [mib]; people had difficulty understanding written materials in it. Santa Catarina Yosonotú Mixtec may be more similar to this than to Atatláhuca.
Classification	Oto-Manguean, Mixtecan, Mixtec-Cuicatec, Mixtec
Language use	Children learn Mixtec as their first language in Agua del Toro and Ocotlán. In most other villages Spanish is becoming the main language of use. Most domains. 2,300 5 to 14 years old, of whom 1,200 speak Mixtec, including 4 monolinguals (1995 census). Also use Spanish, but writing skills in Spanish are marginal.
Language development	Taught in primary schools.
Comments	Peasant agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Vernacular Publications

Ka'u-yo 1 ichi 100. 2008.

Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Mixteco de Santa Lucia Monteverde. 2005.

Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Mixteco de Santa Lucía Monteverde. 2008.