Central Baja Mixtec
[aka Silacayoapan Mixtec, Northwest Oaxaca Mixtec, Mixteco de Yucuná]Classification: Otomanguean
·vulnerable
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Vulnerable
20 percent certain, based on the evidence available
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24,130
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"Silacayoapan Mixtec" [mks] is cited as having 18,700 speakers in Mexico (2000), 1,500 of whom are monolinguals (1990 census); "Northwest Oaxaca Mixtec" [mxa] is cited as having 5,430 speakers (2000 INALI), 1,000 of whom are monolinguals.
- DATE OF INFO
- 1990, 2000
- OTHER LANGUAGES USED BY THE COMMUNITY
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Spanish [spa]
- Scripts (Writing system)
- Latin
- PLACES
- Mexico
- LOCATION DESCRIPTION
Oaxaca
- ADDITIONAL COMMENTS
"Silacayoapan Mixtec" [mks] is spoken in the towns of Santo Domingo Tonala, San Jorge Nuchita, and Tijuana; "Northwest Oaxaca Mixtec" [mxa] is spoken in the towns of Santos Reyes Yucuná, Guadalupe Portezuelo, and San Simón Zahuatlán.