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:
- North
- Jaltepec, Puxmetecán, Atitlán, Matamoros, Cotzocón
- South
- Juquila, Cacalotepec
| Midland Mixe | |
|---|---|
| Central Mixe | |
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Northeastern Oaxaca |
Native speakers | 29,000 (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 |
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]
Phonology
| Bilabial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n̪ | |||
| Plosive | p | t̪ | (tʃ) | k | ʔ |
| Fricative | ʃ | h | |||
| Affricate | ts | ||||
| Glide | w | j |
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
The three vowels /a, o, u/ resulting in a suprasegmental palatalization then range to three vowel qualities [æ, ø, ʊ].[6]
References
- Juquila at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
North Central (Cotzocón, Puxmetecán, Atitlán) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
Quetzaltepec Mixe (not distinct) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required) - Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
- "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-20. Retrieved 2012-04-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - http://nhlrc.ucla.edu/events/conference/1st/papers/The_Chuxnaban_Mixe_Online_Dictionary.pdf%5B%5D
- http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/4481/jany.pdf;jsessionid=C40A89F204744A496CE63E8B2FD9133A?sequence=1
- "The Phonetics and Phonology of Chuxnabán Mixe". Retrieved 2017-05-10.
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