Ethnologue

Mixtec, Coatzospan

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Mixteco de Coatzóspan, Mixteco de San Juan Coatzospan, Teotitlán Mixtec

Autonym

Tu’un davi

Population

2,090 (2000 INALI). 300 monolinguals (2005 census).

Location

Oaxaca state: San Juan Coatzóspan.

Language Maps

Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification

Dialects

None known. 25% intelligibility of Chazumba [xtb]. Cuyamecalco [xtu] reportedly similar, but intelligibility inadequate.

Typology

VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 60%. Dictionary. NT: 2003.

Language Resources

Writing

Latin script [Latn].