Midland Mixe | |
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Central Mixe | |
Native to | Mexico |
Region | Northeastern Oaxaca |
Native speakers
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29,000 (2000–2002) |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | Variously: mxq – Juquila neq – North Central (Cotzocón, Puxmetecán, Atitlán) pxm – Quetzaltepec Mixe (not distinct) |
Glottolog | midl1241 |
Midland a.k.a. Central Mixe is a Mixe language spoken in Mexico. According to Wichmann (1995), there are two groups of dialects:
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.