Mixtec, Peñoles

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ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Eastern Mixtec, Mixteco de Santa María Peñoles

Population

5,500 in Mexico (2000 INALI). 1,000 monolinguals.

Location

West central Oaxaca; Santa María Peñoles municipalities, Monteflor and Cholula agencias; Huazolotipac agencia.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

Classification

Dialects

None known. 14% intelligibility of Chalcatongo. Nuxaá has 30% intelligibility of Peñoles [mil].

Typology

VSO; short words, clitics; tonal.

Language Use

All ages. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 40%. Grammar. NT: 1979–2002.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].