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Mixtec, San Juan Teita

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: xtj

Population	570 (2002).
Region	Oaxaca, Tlaxiaco District, southeast of Tlaxiaco, San Juan Teita town.
Language map	Southern Central Mexico, reference number 217
Alternate names	Teita Mixtec
Dialects	Santa Maria Tataltepec.
Classification	Oto-Manguean, Mixtecan, Mixtec-Cuicatec, Mixtec
Language use	Most prefer Mixtec for family and informal usage. Mainly older teens and adults. Positive attitude. Also use Spanish.
Language development	Literacy rate in L2: Possibly 40% in Spanish. Bilingual primary school. Bible portions: 1998.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	Peasant agriculturalists: maize, export of palm leaf, bananas, mamey, zapote; weavers: palm leaf tenates, hats.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Vernacular Publications

¡Na ka'vi o dañudavi!. 2007.  

Cuentu ndika'a y tikueñi. 2007.