Mixean
Geographic
distribution
Oaxaca, Veracruz, Chiapas
Native speakers
(undated figure of 252,291)
Linguistic classificationMixe–Zoquean
  • Mixean
Subdivisions
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):[1]

LanguageISO 639-3 codeStateLocationsDialectsSpeakersDate/SourceAlternate names
Mixe, CoatlánmcoOaxaca stateCoatlán, Camotlán, Ixcuintepec, San José, and Santa IsabelCoatlán Mixe, Camotlán Mixe5,0001993 SILSoutheastern Mixe
Mixe, IsthmusmirOaxaca stateSan Juan Guichicovi municipality: 3 towns on the Tehuantepec isthmus near the Veracruz state border22,5002000 INALIAyuk, Eastern Mixe, Guichicovi Mixe, Mixe del Istmo, Mixe medio del este
Mixe, MazatlánmzlOaxaca state7 towns in the east19,2002000East Central Mixe, Tutla Mixe
Mixe, JuquilamxqOaxaca stateOcotepec municipality: in Juquila and QuetzaltepecJuquila Mixe, Ocotepec Mixe8,0002002 SILSouth Central Mixe
Mixe, TlahuitoltepecmxpOaxaca stateAlbarradas Zapoteco area: 3 towns16,8002000 INALIMixe Alto del Centro, West Central Mixe
Mixe, North CentralneqOaxaca statenortheast Mixe district, towns including those listed as dialectsZacatepec, Puxmetecán, Olotepec, Mixistlan, Cotzocón Mixe (Mixe de San Juan Cotzocón), Atitlán Mixe (Mixe de Atitlán)13,0002002 SILHayuuk, Northeastern Mixe
Mixe, QuetzaltepecpxmOaxaca statenortheast Mixe district8,0902000 INALICentral Mixe, Chuxnabán Mixe, Midland Mixe, Mixe Alto del Sur
Mixe, TotontepecmtoOaxaca statenorth of Zacatepec, 10 towns5,4702000 INALIMixe Alto del Norte, Northwestern Mixe
Popoluca, OlutaploVeracruz stateOluta, inland, west of Texistepec, south of Acayucan, east of Sayula12011 UNSDOluta, Oluta Mijean, Olutec, Popoluca de Oluta
Popoluca, SayulaposVeracruz statesouth of Sayula3,030Adelaar 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
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