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Mixtec, Pinotepa Nacional

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: mio

Population	20,000 (1990 census). 10,000 monolinguals.
Region	Oaxaca, Jamiltepec District.
Language map	Southern Central Mexico, reference number 263
Alternate names	Coastal Mixtec, Lowland Jicaltepec Mixtec, Mixteco de Pinotepa Nacional, Western Jamiltepec Mixtec
Classification	Oto-Manguean, Mixtecan, Mixtec-Cuicatec, Mixtec
Language use	Used with other Mixtecs. All domains except those that impinge on national culture, e.g., courts. Also use Spanish.
Language development	NT: 1980.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	VSO; short words, affixes, clitics, 3 prepositions, no genitives, no articles, adjectives after noun heads, numerals before noun heads, relatives without noun heads, question words initial, maximum number of prefixes that can occur together on a word-3, no suffixes, word order distinguishes subjects, objects, indirect objects, given and new information topic and comment, affixes do not indicate case, person, number, or gender of subject or object, no ergativity, no passives or other voice phenomena, causatives, no comparatives; syllable patterns: V, CV; tonal. Mixed economy: subsistence swidden agriculturalists (corn, beans, squash) and day labor in market town.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

BRADLEY, C. Henry, author. 1965. A linguistic sketch of Mixteco of Jicaltepec.

BRADLEY, C. Henry, author. 1970. A linguistic sketch of Jicaltepec Mixtec.  

Vernacular Publications

Cuento iin ri londo ni nanihin ra Luvi. 1975.  

Cuentos que relata la gente de nuestro pueblo. 1975.  

Cuentu cunexu chi iin coo. 1955.  

Cuentu ra xito ndicaha chi ra cunexu. 1955.  

Primera cartilla mixteca de Jicaltepec. 1958.  

Primera/segunda cartilla: mixteco del oeste del Distrito de Jamiltepec. 1975.  

Séptima cartilla mixteca de Jicaltepec. 1959.