Mixean languages
| 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 | |
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)
Tapachultec has been extinct since the 1930s, Olutec is moribund, and Sayultec is endangered. However, the different varieties of Mixe proper collectively maintain upwards of 100,000 speakers.
Demographics
[edit]List 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