Midland Mixe

Midland a.k.a. Central Mixe 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 toMexico
RegionNortheastern Oaxaca
Native speakers
29,000 (2000–2002)[2]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
mxq – Juquila
neq – North Central (Cotzocón, Puxmetecán, Atitlán)
pxm – Quetzaltepec Mixe (not distinct)[3]
Glottologmidl1241
ELPMidland 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.[4][5][6]

Phonology
Consonants in Chuxnabán Mixe[7]
Bilabial Dental/
Alveolar		 Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n̪
Plosive p t̪ (tʃ) k ʔ
Fricative ʃ h
Affricate ts
Glide w j
Vowels in Chuxnabán Mixe
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].[7]

References
  1. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  2. Juquila at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    North Central (Cotzocón, Puxmetecán, Atitlán) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Quetzaltepec Mixe (not distinct)[1] at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  3. Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices
  4. "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)
  5. http://nhlrc.ucla.edu/events/conference/1st/papers/The_Chuxnaban_Mixe_Online_Dictionary.pdf%5B%5D
  6. http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/4481/jany.pdf;jsessionid=C40A89F204744A496CE63E8B2FD9133A?sequence=1
  7. "The Phonetics and Phonology of Chuxnabán Mixe". Retrieved 2017-05-10.


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