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MXY ISO 639-3

Mixtec, Southeastern Nochixtlán

Tu’un davi Autonym

A language of Mexico

ISO 639
mxy
Alternate Names
Mixteco de Santo Domingo Nuxaá, Mixteco del Este, Mixteco del Sureste de Nochixtlán, Nuxaá Mixtec
Autonym
Tu’un davi
Population
4,200 (2000 INALI). Total Mixtec speakers: 527,000 (2020 INEGI). 180 monolinguals.
Location:
Oaxaca state: Nochixtlán district, El Oro, La Herradura, La Paz, La Unión Zaragoza, Ojo de Agua Nuxaá, Reforma, San Andrés Nuxiño, Santa Inés de Zaragoza, and Santo Domingo Nuxaá.
Language Status
6b* (Threatened).
Classification
Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Amuzgo-Mixtecan, Mixtecan, Mixtec
Dialects
Santo Domingo Nuxaá Mixtec (Tu’un davi), San Andrés Nuxiño Mixtec (Mixteco Alto de Valles, Tuꞌun ñudavi), Santa Inés de Zaragoza Mixtec (Mixteco de Santa Inés de Zaragoza, Tnu’un davi, Tnuꞌu ñudavi, Tnuꞌu ñuu davi). 60%–70% intelligibility of Peñoles Mixtec [mil]. Understand little of San Miguel Piedras [xtp] or San Pedro Tidaá Mixtec [mtx].
Typology
VSO; tonal.
Language Use
Home. Positive attitudes. Also use Spanish [spa], bilingually, and generally prefer it.
Language Development
Literacy rate in L1: 3%–5%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%. Literature. Videos. Dictionary. Bible portions: 1998–2019.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mixtec, Southeastern Nochixtlán
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments
There are few Mixtec speakers left in Santa Inés Zaragoza.

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Location: Oaxaca state: Nochixtlán district, El Oro, La Herradura, La Paz, La Unión Zaragoza, Ojo de Agua Nuxaá, Reforma, San Andrés Nuxiño, Santa Inés de Zaragoza, and Santo Domingo Nuxaá.