| Midland Mixe | |
| Nativename: | Central Mixe |
| States: | Mexico |
| Region: | Northeastern Oaxaca |
| Speakers: | 29,000 |
| Date: | 2000–2002 |
| Ref: | e18 |
| Familycolor: | American |
| Fam1: | Mixe–Zoque |
| Fam2: | Mixean |
| Fam3: | Mixe |
| Lc1: | mxq |
| Ld1: | Juquila |
| Lc2: | neq |
| Ld2: | North Central (Cotzocón, Puxmetecán, Atitlán) |
| Lc3: | pxm |
| Ld3: | Quetzaltepec Mixe (not distinct) |
| Glotto: | midl1241 |
| Glottorefname: | Midland Mixe |
Midland a.k.a. Central Mixe[1] 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.[2] [3] [4]
Orthography from Jany (2011) is in angle brackets where it differs from IPA.
| Nasal | pronounced as /ink/ (m) | pronounced as /ink/ (n) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | pronounced as /ink/ (p) | pronounced as /ink/ (t) | pronounced as /ink/ (k) | pronounced as /ink/ (’) | ||
| Affricate | pronounced as /ink/ | (pronounced as /ink/) (ch) | ||||
| Fricative | pronounced as /ink/ (x) | pronounced as /ink/ (j) | ||||
| Glide | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ (y) |
Spanish loanwords contain eight additional phonemes: pronounced as //b, d, g, f, s, ɾ, r, l//.[5]
| Close | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ (ë) | pronounced as /ink/ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | pronounced as /ink/ | pronounced as /ink/ | ||
| Open | pronounced as /ink/ |
pronounced as /link/ (ä), pronounced as /link/ (ö), and pronounced as /link/ (ü) are marginal vowels. pronounced as /link/ and pronounced as /link/ only occur as allophones of pronounced as /link/ and pronounced as /link/, respectively, in palatalized environments, and pronounced as /link/ sometimes alternates with pronounced as /link/.