| Midland Mixe | |
|---|---|
| Central Mixe | |
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | NortheasternOaxaca |
Native speakers | (29,000 cited 2000–2002)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:mxq – Juquilaneq – North Central (Cotzocón, Puxmetecán, Atitlán)pxm – Quetzaltepec Mixe (not distinct) |
| Glottolog | midl1241 |
| ELP | Midland Mixe |
Midland a.k.a.Central Mixe[2] is aMixe language spoken inMexico. According to Wichmann (1995), there are two groups of dialects:
Ethnologue lists Mixistlán as well, but Wichmann counts that asTlahuitoltepec Mixe.
A new variety of Midland Mixe has been recently documented in the village of San Juan Bosco Chuxnabá inSan 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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]
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