Ixcateco

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Ixcateco is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language of Mexico, spoken by a small community in Oaxaca and considered highly endangered.

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instanceOf Mesoamerican language
Oto-Manguean language
endangered language
indigenous language
belongsToMacroArea Mesoamerica NERFINISHED
continent North America
country Mexico
documentationStatus poorly documented
dominantContactLanguage Spanish NERFINISHED
endangermentCause language shift to Spanish
ethnicGroup Ixcatec people NERFINISHED
geographicArea northern Oaxaca NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Ixcatec NERFINISHED
Ixcatec language NERFINISHED
Ixcateco Popoloca NERFINISHED
hasCulturalAssociation traditional practices of the Ixcatec people
hasEndonym Ixcateco NERFINISHED
hasExonym Ixcatec
hasLanguageShiftTo Spanish among younger generations
hasLinguisticFeature complex verb morphology
noun classifiers
hasPhonologicalFeature tonal contrasts
hasSociolinguisticSituation intergenerational transmission interrupted
hasSpeakerTrend declining number of speakers
hasTypologicalFeature head-marking morphology
verb–object word order tendencies
isMinorityLanguageIn Mexico NERFINISHED
isPartOf indigenous languages of Mexico
isRecognizedAs indigenous language by Mexican authorities
isRelatedTo Chocho language NERFINISHED
Mazatec languages NERFINISHED
Popoloca languages NERFINISHED
isSpokenBy elderly speakers
very small number of speakers
isUsedLessIn public domains
isUsedPrimarilyIn domestic domains
languageCodeISO639-3 ixc
languageFamily Oto-Manguean NERFINISHED
region Oaxaca NERFINISHED
revitalizationEfforts limited community-based initiatives
spokenIn Santa María Ixcatlán NERFINISHED
status moribund
severely endangered
subfamily Popolocan branch NERFINISHED
threatLevel risk of extinction
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Ixcatec hasAlternativeName Ixcateco