Mixtec, Peñoles

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: mil
Alternate Names: Eastern Mixtec, Mixteco de Santa María Peñoles, Tu’un savi
Population: 5,500 (2000 INALI). Total Mixtec speakers: 527,000 (2020 INEGI). 1,000 monolinguals.
Location:: Oaxaca state: Santa María Peñoles municipality, Cholula, Huazolotipac, and Monteflor agencies.
Language Status: 5 (Developing).
Classification: Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Amuzgo-Mixtecan, Mixtecan, Mixtec
Dialects: None known. 14% intelligibility of Chalcatongo. Nuxaá has 30% intelligibility of Peñoles [mil].
Typology: VSO; short words, clitics; tonal.
Language Use: Used by all. Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: 5%. Literacy rate in L2: 40%. Literature. Grammar. NT: 1979–2002.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Mixtec, Peñoles
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Oaxaca state: Santa María Peñoles municipality, Cholula, Huazolotipac, and Monteflor agencies.