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Mixtec, Tijaltepec

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3xtl

Population  3,560 (2000). 800 monolinguals.
Region  Oaxaca, southeast Tlaxiaco District, San Pablo Tijaltepec, Santa María Yosoyúa towns.
Language map  Southern Central Mexico, reference number 218
Alternate names   Mixteco de San Pablo Tijaltepec
Dialects  89% intelligibility with San Miguel el Grande [mig] and Yosondúa [mpm], 82% with San Mateo Peñasco, 81% with Sinicahua [xti] and 66% with Teita [xtj].
Classification  Oto-Manguean, Mixtecan, Mixtec-Cuicatec, Mixtec
Language development  Primary schools. 1 secondary school.
Writing system  Latin script.
Comments  Some work outside in Veracruz or the USA. Agriculturalists: maize, wheat, beans, chilacayote squash.