Oto-Manguean family
Mixtec
1500 CE – today Living
Mixtec (1500 CE – today) is a living Oto-Manguean language. Lineage: Proto-Oto-Manguean → Mixtec.
See Mixtec on the interactive map- Speakers
- 530K (530,000)
Mixtecan branch: a large dialect complex in Oaxaca, Puebla and Guerrero, shown here as one node. Pre-Columbian Mixtec codices record the language.
Lineage
- Proto-Oto-Mangueanc. 4,000 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Mixtec1500 CE – today
Sister languages 3
Also descended from Proto-Oto-Manguean.