Mixtec languages
The Mixtec (/ˈmiːstɛk, ˈmiːʃtɛk/) languages belong to the Mixtecan group of the Oto-Manguean language family. Mixtec is spoken in Mexico and is closely related to Trique and Cuicatec. The varieties of Mixtec are spoken by over half a million people. Identifying how many Mixtec languages there are in this complex dialect continuum poses challenges at the level of linguistic theory. Depending on the criteria for distinguishing dialects from languages, there may be as few as a dozen or as many as fifty-three Mixtec languages.
| Mixtec | |
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| Mixtec | |
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Oaxaca, Puebla, Guerrero |
| Ethnicity | Mixtecs |
Native speakers | 530,000 in Mexico (2020 census) |
Oto-Manguean
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| Latin | |
| Official status | |
Official language in | Mexico |
| Regulated by | Academy of the Mixtec Language Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | (fifty-two individual codes) |
| Glottolog | mixt1427 |
Extent of the Mixtec languages: prior to contact (olive green) and current (red) | |
The distribution of various Mixtec languages and their classification per Glottolog | |
| People | Mixtec ñuù savi, nayívi savi, ñuù davi, nayivi davi |
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| Language | Mixtec sa'an davi, da'an davi, tu'un savi,.. |
| Country | Mixteca Ñuu Savi, Ñuu Djau, Ñuu Davi,.. |
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