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Mixean
Geographic
distribution		Oaxaca, Veracruz, Chiapas
Native speakers(undated figure of 252,291)
Linguistic classificationMixe–Zoquean
  • Mixean
Subdivisions
Language codes
Glottologmixe1286
Locations (red) where Mixean languages are spoken

The Mixean languages are a primary branch of the Mixe–Zoquean language family of southern Mexico. According to Wichmann (1995), there are three divergent Mixean languages, and a Oaxacan branch that constitutes the bulk of the family:

One of the languages is extinct, one is nearly extinct, and one is endangered.

Demographics

List of ISO 639-3 codes and demographic information of Mixean languages from Ethnologue (22nd edition):

Language ISO 639-3 code State Locations Dialects Speakers Date/Source Alternate names
Mixe, Coatlán mco Oaxaca state Coatlán, Camotlán, Ixcuintepec, San José, and Santa Isabel Coatlán Mixe, Camotlán Mixe 5,000 1993 SIL Southeastern Mixe
Mixe, Isthmus mir Oaxaca state San Juan Guichicovi municipality: 3 towns on the Tehuantepec isthmus near the Veracruz state border 22,500 2000 INALI Ayuk, Eastern Mixe, Guichicovi Mixe, Mixe del Istmo, Mixe medio del este
Mixe, Mazatlán mzl Oaxaca state 7 towns in the east 19,200 2000 East Central Mixe, Tutla Mixe
Mixe, Juquila mxq Oaxaca state Ocotepec municipality: in Juquila and Quetzaltepec Juquila Mixe, Ocotepec Mixe 8,000 2002 SIL South Central Mixe
Mixe, Tlahuitoltepec mxp Oaxaca state Albarradas Zapoteco area: 3 towns 16,800 2000 INALI Mixe Alto del Centro, West Central Mixe
Mixe, North Central neq Oaxaca state northeast Mixe district, towns including those listed as dialects Zacatepec, Puxmetecán, Olotepec, Mixistlan, Cotzocón Mixe (Mixe de San Juan Cotzocón), Atitlán Mixe (Mixe de Atitlán) 13,000 2002 SIL Hayuuk, Northeastern Mixe
Mixe, Quetzaltepec pxm Oaxaca state northeast Mixe district 8,090 2000 INALI Central Mixe, Chuxnabán Mixe, Midland Mixe, Mixe Alto del Sur
Mixe, Totontepec mto Oaxaca state north of Zacatepec, 10 towns 5,470 2000 INALI Mixe Alto del Norte, Northwestern Mixe
Popoluca, Oluta plo Veracruz state Oluta, inland, west of Texistepec, south of Acayucan, east of Sayula 1 2011 UNSD Oluta, Oluta Mijean, Olutec, Popoluca de Oluta
Popoluca, Sayula pos Veracruz state south of Sayula 3,030 Adelaar 2007

Footnotes

  1. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Mexico languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.

References

  • Wichmann, Søren, 1995, The Relationship among the Mixe–Zoquean Languages of Mexico. University of Utah Press. Salt Lake City. ISBN 0-87480-487-6
Mixe–Zoque languages
Mixe
Oaxaca Mixe
Gulf Mixe
Chiapas Mixe
Zoque
Oaxaca Zoque
Chiapas Zoque
Gulf Zoque
Proto-language
† – Extinct.
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