Mixtec, Yucuañe

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: mvg
Alternate Names: Mixteco de San Bartolomé Yucuañe, Mixteco del Sureste Central, Tnu’u savi
Population: 710 (2000 INALI). 90 monolinguals.
Location:: Oaxaca state: northeast Tlaxiaco district, San Bartolomé Yucuañe. Many work in Mexico City and the United States.
Language Status: 7 (Shifting).
Classification: Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Amuzgo-Mixtecan, Mixtecan, Mixtec
Dialects: 87% intelligibility of San Cristóbal Amoltepec [xtm], 86% of Tijaltepec [xtl], 85% of Magdalena Peñasco [xtm], 64% of Teita [xtj], 60% of Nduaxico [xtn] (Northern Tlaxiaco Mixtec), 56% of Tlacotepec [xtm]. 2 dialects in San Agustín Tlacotepec.
Language Use: Home. Shifting to Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: Possibly 40% in Spanish [spa]. Taught in primary and secondary schools.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Mixtec, Yucuañe
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Oaxaca state: northeast Tlaxiaco district, San Bartolomé Yucuañe. Many work in Mexico City and the United States.