The Mixtec languages belong to the Mixtecan group of the Oto-Manguean language family. Mixtec is spoken in Mexico and is closely related to Trique and Cuicatec. The varieties of Mixtec are spoken by over half a million people. Depending on the criteria for distinguishing dialects from languages, there may be as few as a dozen or as many as fifty-three Mixtec languages.
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RegionOaxaca, Puebla and Guerrero, Mexico, the region known as La Mixteca 2 Speaker Count Browse and compare
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Sources
1. Glottolog: Mixtec (languoid record)
GlottologLanguoid record: child_language_count
"child_language_count": 53
Languoid record: level and category
"level": "family", "bookkeeping": false, "category": "Family"
View the Source 2. Mixtec language - Wikipedia
Distribution section
The traditional range of the Mixtec languages is the region known as La Mixteca, which is shared by the states of Oaxaca, Puebla and Guerrero.
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Native speakers: 530,000 in Mexico (2020 census)
View the SourceWikidata: Mixtec
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