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Mixtepec Mixtec

Mixtepec Mixtec is an Otomanguean language spoken in United States and Mexico. Glottolog rates it shifting.

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Mixtepec Mixtec · 17.3°N 97.9°W

Mixtepec Mixtec is a Mixtec language that is spoken in the lower Mixteca region. Mixtec language is largely spoken in the area of San Juan Mixtepec, district of Juxtlahuaca, state of Oaxaca. However, the language is also spoken in other areas including Tlaxiaco, San Quintín Baja California, Santa María California, and Oregon. In 2004, it was reported that approximately 12,000 people spoke the Mixtepec Mixtec language. While most speakers of the language refer to it as saꞌan ntavi meaning 'language of the poor' or 'poor people's language,' others refer to it as 'sa'an save' which means 'rain language.' It is not closely related to other varieties of Mixtec.

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Words in Mixtepec Mixtec

MeaningWordRomanization
earso7o*
noseSiCi*
toothnu7u*
tongueya*
handnda7a*
bloodni*
bonekiCe7e*
waterCikwi*
fire5u7u*
stoneyu*
mountainyuku*
treeyutu*
nighttsikwa*
dogtina*
fishCaka*
oneii*
twoubi*
pathiCi*
newtsa*

* in the simplified ASJP transcription

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