Mixtec, Mitlatongo | Ethnologue

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: vmm
Alternate Names: Mixteco de Mitlatongo, Tu’un lavi
Autonym: Jnu’u lavi
Population: 1,800 (2011 SIL). Total Mixtec speakers: 527,000 (2020 INEGI).
Location:: Oaxaca state: Nochixtlán, Santa Cruz Mitlatongo, and Santiago Mitlatongo.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Amuzgo-Mixtecan, Mixtecan, Mixtec
Dialects: 70% intelligibility of Yutanduchi [mab], 56% of Peñoles [mil], 54% of Tamazola [vmx], 43% of San Juan Teita [xtj], 10% of Nuxaá dialect of Southwestern Nochixtlan [mxy], 8% of Diuxi [xtd].
Language Use: Home, friends, work. Used by all. Also use Spanish [spa], which is learned by children to a limited extent.
Language Development: Bible portions: 2012.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Mixtec, Mitlatongo
Writing: Latin script [Latn].
Other Comments: Secondary school. Some men work outside the area; some in the United States.

Location: Oaxaca state: Nochixtlán, Santa Cruz Mitlatongo, and Santiago Mitlatongo.