Mixtec, Silacayoapan

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: mks
Alternate Names: Mixteco de Santo Domingo Tonalá, Mixteco del Oeste Alto, To’on nda’vi, Tu’un davi
Autonym: Tu̱hun ndáhví
Population: 18,700 (2000). Total Mixtec speakers: 527,000 (2020 INEGI). 1,500 monolinguals (1990 census).
Location:: Oaxaca state: San Jorge Nuchita, Santo Domingo Tonala, and Tijuana.
Language Status: 5 (Developing).
Classification: Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Amuzgo-Mixtecan, Mixtecan, Mixtec
Dialects: 70% intelligibility of Metlatónoc [mxv], 68% of Santa María Peras Cuatzoquitengo dialect of Alacatlatzala [mim]; testing incomplete.
Typology: VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.
Language Use: Home, friends, work. Used by all.
Language Development: Literature. NT: 1999.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Mixtec, Silacayoapan
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Oaxaca state: San Jorge Nuchita, Santo Domingo Tonala, and Tijuana.