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Ixcateco Indian Language (Ixcatec, Ixcatlan)

Ixcateco is an Oto-Manguean language of Mexico.
There are only a few elderly speakers of Ixcateco remaining in Mexico today. It is a tone language and has primarily VSO word order.

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Ixcateco Language Resources

Our Online Ixcateco Materials

Ixcateco Vocabulary:
Our list of vocabulary words in the Ixcateco language.

Ixcateco Language Lessons and Linguistic Descriptions

The Death of Xwja

Mexicans fight to save Indian language:
Articles about the Ixcateco people's struggle to preserve their language.

AILLA: Ixcatec:
Archive of Ixcatec language recordings available for download.

Ixcatec:
Demographic information about the Ixcatec language from the Ethnologue of Languages.

Iskateko Language Tree:
Theories about Ixcatec's language relationships compiled by Linguist List.

Ixcatec Language Structures:
Ixcatec linguistic profile and academic bibliography.

Links, References, and Additional Information

Britannica: Ixcatec People

Wikipedia: Ixcatec

Santa Maria Ixcatlan:
Encyclopedia articles about the Ixcatecs.
Lengua Ixcateco

A punto de extinguirse

El Ixcateco

Idioma Ixcateco:
Information on the Ixcateco language in Spanish.

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