Chigmecatitlán Mixtec Explained

Chigmecatitlán Mixtec
Also Known As:(Santa María Chigmecatitlán
Santa Catarina Tlaltempan)
States:Mexico
Region:Puebla
Date:2010
Ref:e18
Speakers2:some monolingual
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Oto-Manguean
Fam2:Mixtecan
Fam3:Mixtec
Iso3:mii
Glotto:chig1239
Glottorefname:Chigmecatitlan Mixtec
Elp:10534
Elpname:Northern Baja Mixtec (shared)

Chigmecatitlán Mixtec (also known as Southeast Puebla Mixtec, or dehe dau ['rain language'] by its speakers) is a Mixtec language of Puebla, Mexico, spoken in the municipalities of Chigmecatitlán and Acatlán de Osorio. This language is also known as Central Puebla Mixtec, Chigmecatitlán Mixtec, Mixteco de la Frontera Puebla-Oaxaca, and Mixteco de Santa María Chigmecatitlán.[1]

Although classified as a 'vigorous' language by Ethnologue, UNESCO's Atlas of languages in danger considers it definitely threatened.[2]

It is not close to other varieties of Mixtec.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: OLAC resources in and about the Chigmecatitlán Mixtec language . 2023-02-17 . www.language-archives.org.
  2. Web site: Atlas of languages in danger United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. www.unesco.org. 2016-08-10.