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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.

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Academic Publications

Bradley, C. Henry. 1965. A linguistic sketch of Mixteco of Jicaltepec.

Bradley, C. Henry. 1970. A linguistic sketch of Jicaltepec Mixtec.  Available online