Pinotepa Mixtec is a
Mixtec language
The Mixtec () languages belong to the Mixtecan languages, Mixtecan group of the Oto-Manguean languages, Oto-Manguean language family. Mixtec is spoken in Mexico and is closely related to Trique language, Trique and Cuicatec language, Cuicatec. T ...
of southern Oaxaca. ''Ethnologue'' lists the variety of San Juan Colorado / San Pedro Atoyac as a separate language.
Pinotepa Mixtec is spoken in a large number of towns:
Pinotepa de Don Luis,
San Antonio Tepetlapa,
San Francisco Sayultepec,
San Juan Atoyac,
San Juan Jicayán,
San Pedro Tulixtlahuaca,
Santa Cruz Itacuán
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Santa María Jicaltepec
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San Antonio Tepetlapa,
San Juan Cacahuatepec
San Juan Cacahuatepec is a city in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, near the border with Guerrero.
It is located in the Jamiltepec District in the west of the Costa Region.
Its population in 1990, according to ''The Columbia Gazetteer of North Americ ...
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San Miguel Tlacamama
San Miguel Tlacamama is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 108.44 km².
It is located in the Jamiltepec District in the west of the Costa Region
The Costa Region or Costa Chica lies on t ...
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San Pedro Jicayán
San Pedro Jicayán is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of km2.
It is located in the Jamiltepec District in the west of the Costa Region
The Costa Region or Costa Chica lies on the Pacific ...
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San Sebastian Ixcapa,
Santiago Pinotepa Nacional
Pinotepa Nacional (formally: Santiago Pinotepa Nacional; in Ñu'savi, ''Ñuu Ñoko'', which means Twenty-House Town) is a city and seat of the municipality of the same name, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca.
It is located in the Jamiltepec Distric ...
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Tulixtlahuaca,
San Juan Colorado
San Juan Colorado is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 85.48 km².
It is located in the Jamiltepec District in the west of the Costa Region
The Costa Region or Costa Chica lies o ...
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San Pedro Atoyac.
References
* Bradley, C. Henry. 1970. ''A linguistic sketch of Jicaltepec Mixtec.'' Norman, Oklahoma: Summer Institute of Linguistics of the University of Oklahoma.
{{Oto-Manguean languages
Mixtec language