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Mixtec, Southern Puebla

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: mit

Population	1,330 (1990 census). 386 monolinguals.
Region	Oaxaca, southwest Puebla, Zapotitlán Palmas town.
Language map	Southern Central Mexico, reference number 151
Alternate names	Acatlán Mixtec, Mixteco del Sur de Puebla
Dialects	53% intelligibility with Cacaloxtepec [miu] (Huajuapan; most similar).
Classification	Oto-Manguean, Mixtecan, Mixtec-Cuicatec, Mixtec
Language use	Mainly adults.
Language development	NT: 1978.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	VSO; short words, clitics; tonal. Pastoralists, peasant agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

PIKE, Eunice V.; WISTRAND, Kent, authors. 1974. "Step-up terrace tone in Acatlán Mixtec (Mexico)."

Vernacular Publications

Vistas de Xayacatlán. 1978.