MTO ISO 639-3
Mixe, Totontepec
Ayuk Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- mto
- Alternate Names
- Mixe Alto del Norte, Northwestern Mixe
- Autonym
- Ayuk
- Population
- 5,470 (2000 INALI). Total Mixe speakers: 140,000 (2020 INEGI). 870 monolinguals.
- Location:
- Oaxaca state: north of Zacatepec, 10 towns.
- Language Status
- 5 (Developing).
- Classification
- Mixe-Zoquean, Mixean, Oaxaca Mixean
- Dialects
- Most distinct Mixe variety. 89% intelligibility of Zacatepec dialect of North Central Mixe [neq], 79% of Olotepec dialect of North Central Mixe [neq], 72% of Tlahuitoltepec [mxp], 70% of Mixistlán dialect of North Central Mixe [neq].
- Typology
- SOV; long words, affixes, clitics; nontonal.
- Language Use
- Vigorous. All domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Some also use Zapotec [zap], or a Chinantec variety in Chinantequilla.
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L2: 50%. Literature. Dictionary. NT: 1989–2009.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Mixe, Totontepec
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Christian.
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Oaxaca state: north of Zacatepec, 10 towns.
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