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VMJ ISO 639-3

Mixtec, Ixtayutla

Tu’un savi Autonym

A language of Mexico

ISO 639
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Alternate Names
Mixteco de Ixtayutla, Mixteco de Santiago Ixtayutla, Northeastern Jamiltepec Mixtec
Autonym
Tu’un savi
Population
6,380 (2000 INALI). Total Mixtec speakers: 527,000 (2020 INEGI). 3,800 monolinguals (2005 census).
Location:
Oaxaca state: Jamiltepec district, Carasul, El Carasol, El Huamuche, El Mosco, Frutillo, Ixtayutla, La Humedad, Las Limas, Llano Escondido, Llano Verde, Macahuite, Nuyuku, Olintepec, Pueblo Viejo, San Lucas, Santiago Ixtayutla, Xiniyuba, Yomuche, Yucuyá.
Language Status
6a* (Vigorous).
Classification
Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Amuzgo-Mixtecan, Mixtecan, Mixtec
Dialects
None known. 79% intelligibility of Amoltepec [mbz], 59% of Chayuco [mih], 49% of Jamiltepec [mxt], 40% of San Juan Colorado [mjc], 30% of Zacatepec [mza].
Typology
VSO; prepositions; head-genitive; article-noun, number-noun, noun-adj; question word initial; tonal with lots of tone sandhi; minimal phonological word contains 2 moras; clitic pronouns attach to words from various grammatical categories.
Language Use
Home, friends, work. Also use Amoltepec Mixtec [mbz]. Also use Jamiltepec Mixtec [mxt], proficiently and preferred over Spanish. Also use Spanish [spa], but it is not preferred, except in the municipal capital, Ixtayutla.
Language Development
Bible portions: 2013.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mixtec, Ixtayutla
Writing
Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments
School through 6th grade in Ixtayutla. Some settlements have schools. Christian, traditional religion.

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Location: Oaxaca state: Jamiltepec district, Carasul, El Carasol, El Huamuche, El Mosco, Frutillo, Ixtayutla, La Humedad, Las Limas, Llano Escondido, Llano Verde, Macahuite, Nuyuku, Olintepec, Pueblo Viejo, San Lucas, Santiago Ixtayutla, Xiniyuba, Yomuche, Yucuyá.