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Mixtec, Tezoatlán

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: mxb

Population	6,200 (1990 census). 850 monolinguals.
Region	Oaxaca, Tezoatlán area, southwest of Huajuapan, south of Cacaloxtepec; Yucuquimi de Ocampo, San Andrés Yutatío, Yucuñuti de Benito Juárez, San Juan Diquiyú, San Marcos de Garzón, San Martín del Río, Santa Catarina Yotandú, San Isidro de Zaragoza, San Valentín de Gomez towns.
Language map	Southern Central Mexico, reference number 189
Alternate names	Mixteco de Tezoatlán de Segura y Luna
Dialects	Those in each town speak a bit differently. 70% to 80% intelligibility with Silacayoapan [mks] and Atenango.
Classification	Oto-Manguean, Mixtecan, Mixtec-Cuicatec, Mixtec
Language use	Vigorous except in 2 towns. All domains. All ages. Neutral attitude. Some also use Spanish. A few speak some English.
Language development	Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 2007.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Swidden agriculturalists: maize; basket and hat weavers; merchants. Christian, traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Bickford, J. Albert and Stephen A. Marlett. 1988. "The semantics and morphology of Mixtec mood and aspect."

Ojeda Morales, Gerardo, Liborio Torres Benavides and Judith F. Williams, compilers. 2003. Diccionario mixteco de San Andrés Yutatio, Tezoatlán, Oaxaca, volumen 1: A-M.

Williams, John L. 1993. "Four conjunctions in Tezoatlan Mixtec."

Williams, Judith Ferguson de. 2006. Gramática popular del mixteco del municipio deTezoatlán.  

Williams, Judith. 1993. "The fronting of noun and adverb phrases in Mixtec of Tezoatlan."

Williams, Judith. 2008. "Grammatical encoding of participants in Mixtec of Tezoatlán."  

Williams, Judith. 2008. "The fronting of noun and adverb phrases in Mixtec of Tezoatlán."  

Vernacular Publications

Cuento ilo xihin tiñi'i (El conejo y el zorrillo. 2005.  

Cuento ta dito ilo xi'in ta dito ndigue'i (El tío conejo y el tío coyote). 2006.  

El himno naciónal; Mixteco del municipio de Tezoatlán y español. 2005.  

Na kaʼi ndaʼi yo: tuti kúú iño̱. 2003.

Na kaʼi ndaʼi yo: tuti kúú komi̱. 2003.

Na kaʼi ndaʼi yo: tuti kúú oʼo̱n. 2003.