Mixtec, Diuxi-Tilantongo

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: xtd
Alternate Names: Central Nochistlán Mixtec, Mixteco de Diuxi-Tilantongo, Mixteco de San Juan Diuxi y Santiago Tilantongo, Mixteco del Este Central, Tnu’un dau
Autonym: Tnuꞌu ñudau
Population: 3,410 (2000 INALI), decreasing. Total Mixtec speakers: 527,000 (2020 INEGI). In rapid decline due to migration to the United States. 150 monolinguals.
Location:: Oaxaca state: Diuxi and Tilantongo areas, 20 towns or villages. Mexico City, Oaxaca City and Puebla City.
Language Status: 6b (Threatened).
Classification: Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Amuzgo-Mixtecan, Mixtecan, Mixtec
Dialects: None known. 37% intelligibility of Peñoles [mil] (Eastern); reportedly more similar to Nuxaá [mxy].
Typology: VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; stems are CVCV or CVV; tonal.
Language Use: Spoken at home and taught to children in most Mixtec households. Home, friends, work. Some of all ages. Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: NT: 2001.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Mixtec, Diuxi-Tilantongo
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Oaxaca state: Diuxi and Tilantongo areas, 20 towns or villages. Mexico City, Oaxaca City and Puebla City.