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 (partial match) |
Dialects
editEgland & 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.
References
edit- ^ Atatláhuca at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Santa Lucía Monteverde at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Itundujía at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Yosondúa at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
San Miguel el Grande at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
San Juan Teita at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
(Additional references under 'Language codes' in the information box) - ^ Egland & Bartholomew (1983) La Inteligibilidad Interdialectal en México
- Alexander, Ruth Mary. 1980. Gramática mixteca de Atatláhuca. Gramática yuhu sasau jee cahan ñayuu San Esteban Atatláhuca. Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. México. Series: Gramáticas de Lenguas Indígenas de México; 2.
- Macaulay, Monica. 1996. A grammar of Chalcatongo Mixtec, University of California Publications in Linguistics. ISBN 0-520-09807-2.