Mixtec, Soyaltepec

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3

Alternate Names

Mixteco de San Bartolo Soyaltepec, Mixteco del noreste bajo

Population

220 (2000 INALI). Ethnic population: 930 (1990 census).

Location

Oaxaca, Teposcolula district, San Bartolo Soyaltepec and Guadalupe Gabilera villages.

Language Status

8a (Moribund).

Classification

Dialects

28% intelligibility of Tilantongo [xtd], 25% of Ñumí [xtn], 23% of Apoala [mip].

Language Use

Elderly only, although in Guadalupe Gabilera, children still speak the language (2006). Mostly use Spanish [spa].

Language Resources

Writing

Unwritten.