Mixtec, Tlazoyaltepec

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: mqh
Alternate Names: Mixteco Bajo de Valles, Mixteco de Santiago Tlazoyaltepec, Tu’un dau
Population: 6,030 (2000 INALI). Total Mixtec speakers: 527,000 (2020 INEGI). 1,000 monolinguals.
Location:: Oaxaca state: Santiago Tlazoyaltepec municipality; Baja California state: Maneadero area south of Ensenada.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Amuzgo-Mixtecan, Mixtecan, Mixtec
Typology: VSO; short words, clitics; tonal.
Language Use: They prefer Mixtec over Spanish [spa]. Used by all.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Mixtec, Tlazoyaltepec
Writing: Unwritten [Qaax].

Location: Oaxaca state: Santiago Tlazoyaltepec municipality; Baja California state: Maneadero area south of Ensenada.