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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Americas > Mexico > Mixtec, Tidaá

Mixtec, Tidaá

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3mtx

Population  550 (1990 census). Ethnic population: 900 (1990 census).
Region  Oaxaca.
Language map  Southern Central Mexico, reference number 197
Alternate names   Mixteco de Tidaá, North Central Nochixtlán Mixtec
Dialects  60% intelligibility with Peñoles [mil] (Eastern) (most similar); Nuxaá is similar.
Classification  Oto-Manguean, Mixtecan, Mixtec-Cuicatec, Mixtec
Language use  2 monolinguals over 50 years of age, most over age 40. Used by 13% of children 5 to 15 years of age (1990). Other children not learning Mixtec. Also use Spanish.