Ocotepec Mixtec Language New Testament 1977 EditionNuevo Testamento en mixteco de Ocotepec (MIENT)Ocotepec Mixtec 1977 EditionMexicoPaperback:446 pagesPublisher:Digital Bible Society (June 15, 2017) / Wycliffe Bible TranslatorsLanguage:Ocotepec MixtecISBN-10:1531304168ISBN-13:978-1531304164Product Dimensions:6 x 1.1 x 9 inchesShipping Weight:1.6 poundsJohn 3:16 SAN JUANChi Y Dios n ncundhv ndas in y nchiv ayv. De j cun n ntaj y She y n nquiji, vs mthn-ni y y, tcua ndc nchiv j cndja ji j sccu y ji, m tn thv ji chi sa cutec ji n cn andiv.TheMixtec/mistk/,/mitk/languages belong to theOtomangueanlanguage family ofMexico, and are closely related to theTriqueandCuicatec languages. They are spoken by over half a million people.Identifying how many Mixtec languages there are in this complexdialect continuumposes challenges at the level of linguistic theory. Depending on the criteria for distinguishing dialects from languages, there may be as many as fifty Mixtec languages.MixtecNativetoMexicoRegionOaxaca,Puebla,Guerrero,California,WashingtonEthnicityMixtecsNative speakers480,000(2010 census)Language familyOto-MangueanMixtecanMixtecWriting systemLatinOfficial statusOfficial languageinMexicoRegulatedbyAcademy of the Mixtec LanguageLanguage codesISO 639-3(fifty individual codes)Glottologmixt1427The Mixtec languages, number 10 (blue-green), center-south.