Midland Mixe

Midland Mixe
Central Mixe
Spoken in Mexico
Region Northeastern Oaxaca
Native speakers 28,000  (2000–2002)[1]
Language family
Mixe–Zoque
Language codes
ISO 639-3 variously:
mxq – Juquila
neq – North Central (Cotzocón, Puxmetecán, Atitlán)
pxm – Quetzaltepec Mixe

Midland aka 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

Ethnologue lists Mixistlán as well, but Wichmann counts that as Tlahuitoltepec Mixe.

References

  1. ^ Lewis, M. Paul, ed (2009). Ethnologue: Languages of the World (16th ed.). Dallas, Texas: SIL International. http://www.ethnologue.com/.