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Mixe–Zoquean language of the

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branch spoken by a few elderly people in the town of Oluta in Southern

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. 77 self-reported speaking Oluteco in a 2020 census,Lenguas indígenas y hablantes de 3 años y más, 2020
INEGI. Censo de Población y Vivienda 2020. but a count published in 2018 found only one remaining speaker.

Phonology

Vowels are /a/, /e/, /i/, /o/, /u/, /ʉ/.

Notes

Bibliography

*Zavala Maldonado, Roberto. 2003. Obviación en Oluteco. ''Proceedings of the Conference on Indigenous Languages of Latin America–I (23–25 October 2003, University of Texas at Austin)''. Indigenous languages of Mexico Mesoamerican languages Mixe–Zoque languages Endangered Mixe–Zoque languages {{indigenousAmerican-lang-stub