Estetla Mixtec

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Estetla Mixtec
Eastern Mixtec
Native to Mexico
Region Oaxaca
Native speakers
13,000 (2000) [1]
Oto-Manguean
Language codes
ISO 639-3 Variously:
mil   Peñoles
mxs   Huitepec
mqh   Tlazoyaltepec
vmx   Tamazola
Glottolog peno1244   Penoles
tlaz1235   Tlazoyaltepec
huit1252   Huitepec
tama1339   Tamazola
ELP Eastern Alta Mixtec (shared)

Estetla Mixtec is a diverse Mixtec language of Oaxaca.

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Dialects

Egland & Bartholomew [2] found four dialects which have about 75% mutual intelligibility with each other:

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References

  1. Peñoles at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Huitepec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Tlazoyaltepec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Tamazola at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Egland & Bartholomew (1983) La Inteligibilidad Interdialectal en México

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