Midland Mixe | |
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Central Mixe | |
Native to | Mexico |
Region | Northeastern Oaxaca |
Native speakers | 29,000 (2000–2002) [1] |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously:
mxq – Juquila
neq – North Central (Cotzocón, Puxmetecán, Atitlán)
pxm – Quetzaltepec Mixe (not distinct) |
Glottolog |
midl1241 |
ELP | Midland Mixe |
Midland a.k.a. Central Mixe [2] is a Mixe language spoken in Mexico. According to Wichmann (1995), there are two groups of dialects:
Ethnologue lists Mixistlán as well, but Wichmann counts that as Tlahuitoltepec Mixe.
A new variety of Midland Mixe has been recently documented in the village of San Juan Bosco Chuxnabá in San Miguel Quetzaltepec municipality, Oaxaca by Carmen Jany and other linguists. [3] [4] [5]
Orthography from Jany (2011) is in angle brackets where it differs from IPA. [6]
Bilabial |
Dental/ Alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
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Nasal | m ⟨m⟩ | n̪ ⟨n⟩ | |||
Plosive | p ⟨p⟩ | t̪ ⟨t⟩ | k ⟨k⟩ | ʔ ⟨’⟩ | |
Affricate | ts | ( tʃ) ⟨ch⟩ | |||
Fricative | ʃ ⟨x⟩ | h ⟨j⟩ | |||
Glide | w | j ⟨y⟩ |
Spanish loanwords contain eight additional phonemes: /b, d, g, f, s, ɾ, r, l/. [6]
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | ɨ ⟨ë⟩ | u |
Mid | e | o | |
Open | a |
/ æ/ ⟨ä⟩, / ø/ ⟨ö⟩, and / ʊ/ ⟨ü⟩ are marginal vowels. [ ø] and [ ʊ] only occur as allophones of / o/ and / u/, respectively, in palatalized environments, and [ æ] sometimes alternates with / a/. [6]