Chigmecatitlán Mixtec

Chigmecatitlán Mixtec
Chigmecatitlán Mixtec
(Santa María Chigmecatitlán; Santa Catarina Tlaltempan)
Native to	Mexico
Region	Puebla
Native speakers	1,400 (2010); some monolingual
Language family	Oto-Manguean Mixtecan Mixtec Chigmecatitlán Mixtec; ; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	mii
Glottolog	chig1239

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.

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.

References

^ Chigmecatitlán Mixtec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
^ "Atlas of languages in danger | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2016-08-10.

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[e18-1] Chigmecatitlán Mixtec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)

[2] "Atlas of languages in danger | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2016-08-10.

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