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Mixtec, Silacayoapan

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: mks

Population	18,700 in Mexico (2000). 1,500 monolinguals (1990 census).
Region	Oaxaca, Santo Domingo Tonala, San Jorge Nuchita, Tijuana towns. Also in United States.
Language map	Western Central Mexico, reference number 82
Dialects	70% intelligibility with Metlatónoc [mxv], 68% with Santa María Peras Cuatzoquitengo; testing incomplete; also Guadalupe Portezuelo (65% intelligibility with Silacayoapan).
Classification	Oto-Manguean, Mixtecan, Mixtec-Cuicatec, Mixtec
Language development	Grammar. NT: 1999.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal. Swidden, peasant agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

MERRIFIELD, William R., editor. 1977. Studies in Otomanguean phonology.  

NORTH, Joanne, author. 1987. Participant tracing and prominence in Silacayoapan Mixtec.  

NORTH, Joanne; SHIELDS, Jäna K., authors. 1977. "Silacayoapan Mixtec phonology."  

SHIELDS, Jäna K., author. 1988. "A syntactic sketch of Silacayoapan Mixtec."  

Vernacular Publications

Ná cahví tu̱hun ndáhví ta ná cahyí ña̱. 2008.