MIY ISO 639-3
Mixtec, Ayutla
Tu̱n savi̱ꞌ Tu̱tyoo̱ꞌ Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- miy
- Alternate Names
- Coastal Guerrero Mixtec, Libres Mixtec, Mixteco de Ayutla, Mixteco de Ayutla de los Libres, Tu’un savi
- Autonym
- Tu̱n savi̱ꞌ Tu̱tyoo̱ꞌ
- Population
- 11,600 (2000 INALI). Total Mixtec speakers: 527,000 (2020 INEGI). 3,000 monolinguals.
- Location:
- Guerrero state: Ayutla and scattered in about 30 mountain towns.
- Language Status
- 6a (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Amuzgo-Mixtecan, Mixtecan, Mixtec
- Dialects
- None known. Lexical similarity: 30% with Metlatónoc [mxv] and Yoloxóchitl [xty]; 5% with San Juan Colorado [mjc], Silacayoapan [mks], and Santa Maria Zacatepec [mza]. Considered a Mixtec isolate with a large number of words unlike other variants.
- Typology
- VSO; prepositions.
- Language Use
- Home, work. Used by all. Also use Spanish [spa].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: 75%–100%. Literature. Videos. NT: 2016.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Mixtec, Ayutla
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Guerrero state: Ayutla and scattered in about 30 mountain towns.
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