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Mixtec, Ixtayutla

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: vmj

Population	5,500 (2005). 2,800 monolinguals.
Region	Oaxaca, Jamiltepec District, Santiago Ixtayutla, Ixtayutla, El Carasol El Huamuche, La Humedad, Llano Escondido, Llano Verde, El Mosco, Pueblo Viejo, San Lucas, Xiniyuba, Yucuyá, Las Limas, Macahuite, Nuyuku, Olintepec, Yomuche, Carasul, Frutillo.
Language map	Southern Central Mexico, reference number 258
Alternate names	Mixteco de Santiago Ixtayutla, Northeastern Jamiltepec Mixtec
Dialects	79% intelligibility with Amoltepec [mbz], 59% with Chayuco [mih], 49% with Jamiltepec [mxt], 40% with San Juan Colorado [mjc], 30% with Zacatepec [mza].
Classification	Oto-Manguean, Mixtecan, Mixtec-Cuicatec, Mixtec
Language use	Home, community, church.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	School through 6th grade in Ixtayutla. Some settlements have schools. VSO; prepositions; head-genitive; article-noun, number-noun, noun-adj; question word initial; tonal with lots of tone sandhi; minimal phonological word contains 2 moras; clitic pronouns attach to words from various different grammatical categories. Agriculturalists: bananas, beans, maize; sell rope; animal husbandry: goats, cattle. Christian, traditional religion.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Vernacular Publications

Kutu'va-yo ka'vi-yo tu'un indyu: tutu ku'iin. 2009.

Letra tu'un indyu. 2010.  

Sɨkɨ-yo chi'in numero tu'un indyu. 2010.  

Tutu tu'un indyu ta cha'inañaña chi'in nda'a. 2009.

Tutu tu'un indyu ta cha'inañaña chi'in nda'a. 2010.