Mixean languages

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Mixean
Geographic distribution:	Oaxaca, Veracruz, Chiapas
Linguistic classification:	Mixe–Zoquean Mixean
Subdivisions:	Mixe (Oaxacan) Oluta Popoluca (Olutec) Sayula Popoluca (Sayultec) Tapachultec (Tapachula)
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)

References

Wichmann, Søren, 1995, The Relationship among the Mixe–Zoquean Languages of Mexico. University of Utah Press. Salt Lake City. ISBN 0-87480-487-6

v t e Languages of Mexico

Official languages	Spanish Nahuatl Yucatec Maya Mixtec Zapotec Tzeltal Tzotzil Otomi Totonac Mazatec Chol Huastec Chinantec Mixe Tlapanec Mazahua Tarascan Tarahumara Amuzgo Chatino Tojolabal Mayo Trique Tepehuan Huichol Kekchi Tepehua Yaqui Popoloca Quiche Chichimeca Jonaz Cora Guarijio Lacandon Chocho Seri Pima Bajo Chuj Cocopah Paipai Matlatzinca Mam Kickapoo Huave Cuicatec Tlahuica Papago Tipai Ixil Kiliwa Awakatek

Other languages spoken in Mexico	Plautdietsch Venetian English French Basque Catalan Hebrew Arabic Chinese Mocho’

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