Mixe languages

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Mixe languages are a group of related indigenous Mesoamerican languages spoken primarily by the Mixe people in the highlands of Oaxaca, Mexico.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mixe languages canonical 8
Mixé languages 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican language family
indigenous language family
language family
arealFeature ergative alignment (in some varieties)
head-marking morphology
use of relational nouns
vigecimal numeral system
areSpokenSince pre-Columbian times
belongToMacroFamilyCandidate proposed Gulf Zoquean–Mixe macrofamily (controversial)
country Mexico
hasGlottocode mixe1284
hasLanguage Alotepec Mixe
Alotepec Mixe
surface form: Atitlán Mixe

Ayutla Mixtec
surface form: Ayutla Mixe

Cacalotepec Mixe
Midland Mixe
surface form: Chuxnabán Mixe

North Highland Mixe
surface form: Coatlán Mixe

Guichicovi Mixe
Juquila Mixe
Tlahuitoltepec Mixe
surface form: Mazatlán Mixe

Ocotepec Mixe
Quetzaltepec Mixe
Tlahuitoltepec Mixe
Tlahuitoltepec Mixe
surface form: Totontepec Mixe
hasLanguageBranch Lowland Mixe
North Highland Mixe
South Highland Mixe
hasLanguageFamilyCode iso639-5:mix
hasLinguisticArea Mesoamerican linguistic area
surface form: Mesoamerican Linguistic Area
hasNotableResearcher Katarzyna Michałowska
Søren Wichmann
Thomas C. Smith-Stark
languageFamilyOf Mixe languages of Oaxaca
languageStatus vulnerable
partOf Mixe–Zoquean languages
region Isthmus of Tehuantepec foothills
Sierra Mixe
relatedTo Mixe–Zoquean languages
surface form: Zoque languages
spokenBy Mixe people
spokenIn Mexico
Oaxaca highlands
State of Oaxaca
subclassOf Mixe–Zoquean languages
surface form: Mixe–Zoque language family
typologicalFeature complex verb morphology
polysynthetic morphology
tone (in several varieties)
usedByEthnicGroup Mixe people of Oaxaca
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

State of Oaxaca hasIndigenousLanguages Mixe languages
this entity surface form: Mixé languages
Popoluca subfamily Mixe languages
Mexican Penutian languages hasMember Mixe languages
Mixe–Zoquean languages hasSubfamily Mixe languages
Mixe people language Mixe languages
Mixe language Mixe languages
Sierra Norte de Oaxaca languageSpoken Mixe languages