Mixtec, Northwest Oaxaca

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: mxa
Alternate Names: Mixteco de Yucuná, Mixteco del Noroeste, Mixteco del Noroeste de Oaxaca, Tu’un savi
Population: 5,430 (2000 INALI). Total Mixtec speakers: 527,000 (2020 INEGI). 1,000 monolinguals.
Location:: Oaxaca state: Guadalupe Portezuelo, San Simón Zahuatlán, and Santos Reyes Yucuná.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Amuzgo-Mixtecan, Mixtecan, Mixtec
Typology: SVO; short words, clitics; tonal.
Language Use: All domains. Used by all. Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Mixtec, Northwest Oaxaca
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Oaxaca state: Guadalupe Portezuelo, San Simón Zahuatlán, and Santos Reyes Yucuná.