news La Jornada Opinion 2026-09-13

The Ayöök Language: Preserving the 'People of the Mountain Tongue' in Oaxaca

The Ayöök language, or Mixe, is an indigenous language from Oaxaca's mountainous regions with 136,000 speakers, currently categorized as being at no immediate risk of disappearing.

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