Atatláhuca–San Miguel Mixtec
Mixtec language of Oaxaca, Mexico
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Atatláhuca–San Miguel Mixtec is a diverse Mixtec language of Oaxaca.
| Atatláhuca–San Miguel Mixtec | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Oaxaca, Guerrero |
Native speakers | (28,000 cited 1995–2010)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:mib – Atatláhucamdv – Santa Lucía Monteverdemce – Itundujíampm – Yosondúamig – San Miguel el Grandextj – San Juan Teitaxtl – Tijaltepecxti – Sinicahuaxtt – Tacahua (Yolotepec) |
| Glottolog | west2824 partial match |
| ELP | Western Alta Mixtec |
Dialects
Egland & Bartholomew[2] found six dialects (with > ≈80% internal intelligibility) which had about 70% mutual intelligibility with each other:
- San Esteban Atatláhuca [mib] + Santa Lucía Monteverde [mdv]
- Molinos
- Itundujía [mce]
- Yosondúa [mpm] + San Miguel el Grande + Chalcatongo [mig]
- Yolotepec [xtt]
- Teita [xtj]
Ethnologue notes that two additional varieties Egland & Bartholomew had not looked at, Sinicahua [xti] and Tijaltepec [xtl], are about as similar.