IXC ISO 639-3
Ixcatec
Xwja Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- ixc
- Alternate Names
- Ixcateco
- Autonym
- Xwja
- Population
- 9 (2009 ELDP). Only a few elderly speakers (M. Swanton).
- Location:
- Oaxaca state: Nochixtlan, Santa María Ixcatlán.
- Language Status
- 8b (Nearly extinct).
- Classification
- Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Popolocan
- Dialects
- None known. Different from San Pedro Ixcatlán Mazatec [mzi].
- Language Use
- Shifted to Spanish [spa].
- Language Development
- Dictionary. Texts. Bible portions: 1950.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Ixcatec
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn], no longer in use.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Oaxaca state: Nochixtlan, Santa María Ixcatlán.
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