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Mixtec, Santa María Zacatepec

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: mza

Population	6,000 (1992 SIL). Less than 20% monolingual. 3,000 in Zacatepec and 3,000 in surrounding rancherías and villages.
Region	Oaxaca, south of Putla, Tapanco, Nejapa, Atotonilco, San Miguel, San Juan Viejo, Rancho de la Virgen, Las Palmas towns.
Language map	Southern Central Mexico, reference number 259
Alternate names	Mixteco de Santa María Zacatepec, Southern Putla Mixtec, “Tacuate” , Tu’un Va’a, Zacatepec Mixtec
Dialects	64% intelligibility with Ixtayutla [vmj], 63% with Jicaltepec [mio] (Pinotepa Nacional Mixtec), 40%–50% with Metlatónoc [mxv], 25%–30% with Yoloxochitl [xty].
Classification	Oto-Manguean, Mixtecan, Mixtec-Cuicatec, Mixtec
Language use	Vigorous. Some Spanish-speaking merchants can understand Mixtec. All domains. Oral use in local administration, commerce. Some use in primary schools, churches. All ages. Use continues, but are ashamed to use it in front of outsiders. About 100 can also use some English.
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 30%. Bible portions: 1995.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	About 1,000 working in the USA. Called “Tacuates” by people in the area including Indians, which can be offensive depending on context and other signals. Agriculturalists. Christian.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

TOWNE, Douglas, author. 2011. Gramática popular del tacuate (mixteco) de Santa María Zacatepec, Oaxaca.  

Vernacular Publications

Pequeño Diccionario Ilustrado. 2011.