De los Reyes, in his
Arte de Lengua Mixteca (1593), spoke of half a dozen
lenguas in the Mixtec
lengua. To these, his contemporaries added the dialects of Guerrero: • the
lengua of
Teposcolula, including the major communities of
Tamazulapan,
Tilantongo,
Texupa, and
Mitlatongo (Jiménez-Moreno:
Tepozcolula–
Tilantongo; the prestige dialect chosen by de los Reyes) • the
lengua of
Yanhuitlán, incl.
Coixtlahuaca,
Xaltepec, and
Nochixtlán (Jiménez-Moreno:
Yuanhuitlán–
Cuilapan) • the
lengua of
Tlaxiaco and
Achiutla (the prestige dialect chosen by Hernández) • the
lengua of the
Mixteca Baja • the
lengua of
Cuilapa and
Guaxolotitlán in the
Valley of Oaxaca (Jiménez-Moreno:
Cuauhxochpan–
Cuyamecalco) • the
lengua of the
Mixteca de la Costa • the Mixtec of Guerrero Josserand found that native mundane writing of the colonial era corresponded well to de los Reyes; based on phonological and orthographic consistencies, she divides the dialects into five groups, as follows: • the Baja area around
Huajuapan (though there were multiple varieties in Baja, more than de los Reyes recognized) • the
Oaxaca Valley around
Cuilapan, closely related to the next • the northeastern Alta around the Valley of
Nochixtlan, including
Yanhuitlan and
Coixtlahuaca • the eastern Alta around the Valleys of
Teposcolula and
Tamasulapa • the western Alta around the Valley of
Tlaxiaco,
Achiutla, and
Chalcatongo ==Holland (1959)==