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:
- Oluta Popoluca (Veracruz)
- Sayula Popoluca (Veracruz)
- Tapachultec (Chiapas, extinct)
- Mixe languages (Oaxaca, several languages - including Mixe or Ayöök)
| Mixean | |
|---|---|
| Geographic distribution | Oaxaca, Veracruz, Chiapas |
Native speakers | (undated figure of 252,291[citation needed]) |
| Linguistic classification | Mixe–Zoquean
|
| Subdivisions | |
| Language codes | |
| Glottolog | mixe1286 |
 Locations (red) where Mixean languages are spoken | |
One of the languages is extinct, one is nearly extinct, and one is endangered.
Demographics
editList of ISO 639-3 codes and demographic information of Mixean languages from Ethnologue (22nd edition):[1]
| 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
edit- ^ Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Mexico languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
References
edit- Wichmann, Søren, 1995, The Relationship among the Mixe–Zoquean Languages of Mexico. University of Utah Press. Salt Lake City. ISBN 0-87480-487-6