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MIO ISO 639-3

Mixtec, Pinotepa Nacional

Tu’un savi Autonym

A language of Mexico

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Coastal Mixtec, Jicaltepec Mixtec, Lowland Jicaltepec Mixtec, Mechoacán Mixtec, Mixteco de Oaxaca de la Costa Oeste Central, Mixteco de Pinotepa Nacional, Mixteco del Oeste de la Costa, Se’en savi, Western Jamiltepec Mixtec
Autonym
Tu’un savi
Population
20,000 (1990 census). Total Mixtec speakers: 527,000 (2020 INEGI). 2,200 monolinguals.
Location:
Oaxaca state: Jamiltepec district, Pinotepa de Don Luis, San Antonio Tepetlapa, San Francisco Sayultepec, San Juan Atoyac, San Juan Cacahuatepec, San Juan Jicayán, San Miguel Tlacamama, San Pedro Jicayán, San Pedro Tulixtlahuaca, San Sebastian Ixcapa, Santa Cruz Itacuán, Santa María Jicaltepec, Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, and Tulixtlahuaca.
Language Status
6a (Vigorous).
Classification
Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Amuzgo-Mixtecan, Mixtecan, Mixtec
Typology
VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; 3 prepositions; no genitives; no articles; adjectives after noun heads, numerals before noun heads; relatives without noun heads; question words initial; maximum number of prefixes that can occur together on a word-3, no suffixes; word order distinguishes subjects, objects, indirect objects, given and new information, topic and comment; affixes do not indicate case, person, number, or gender of subject or object; no ergativity; no passives or other voice phenomena; causatives; no comparatives; syllable patterns: V, CV; tonal.
Language Use
Used with other Mixtecs. Home, friends, work. Used by all. Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development
NT: 1980.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mixtec, Pinotepa Nacional
Writing
Latin script [Latn].

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Location: Oaxaca state: Jamiltepec district, Pinotepa de Don Luis, San Antonio Tepetlapa, San Francisco Sayultepec, San Juan Atoyac, San Juan Cacahuatepec, San Juan Jicayán, San Miguel Tlacamama, San Pedro Jicayán, San Pedro Tulixtlahuaca, San Sebastian Ixcapa, Santa Cruz Itacuán, Santa María Jicaltepec, Santiago Pinotepa Nacional, and Tulixtlahuaca.