South Highland Mixe

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South Highland Mixe is an indigenous Mixe language variety spoken in the highland regions of southern Mexico, primarily in the state of Oaxaca.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mixe language variety
Oto-Manguean language
indigenous language
countryOfficialStatus not an official national language of Mexico
endangermentStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Mixe people NERFINISHED
hasAncestor Proto-Mixe NERFINISHED
Proto-Mixe–Zoque NERFINISHED
hasDialects various local community varieties in the South Highland Mixe area
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature complex consonant system
tonal contrasts
hasWordOrder verb–subject–object (VSO) tendency
ISO639-3Code mih
isPartOf Mesoamerican linguistic area NERFINISHED
languageBranch Mixe branch
languageFamily Mixe–Zoque language family NERFINISHED
languageRegulator no single official language academy
languageStatus indigenous language of Mexico
minority language
recognizedAs national indigenous language of Mexico
spokenInCountry Mexico NERFINISHED
spokenInRegion Oaxacan highlands NERFINISHED
southern Mexico
spokenInState Oaxaca NERFINISHED
subclassOf Mixe language NERFINISHED
usedAlongside Spanish NERFINISHED
usedFor oral communication in local communities
usedInDomain local religious ceremonies
oral storytelling traditions
traditional cultural practices
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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

Mixe–Zoquean languages hasLanguage South Highland Mixe
Mixe languages hasLanguageBranch South Highland Mixe
Mexican Penutian languages hasMember South Highland Mixe