North Highland Mixe

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North Highland Mixe is an indigenous Mixe language spoken in the highland regions of Oaxaca, Mexico, known for its complex morphology and tonal system.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
North Highland Mixe canonical 3
Coatlán Mixe 1
Highland Mixe 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mixe language
Oto-Manguean language
indigenous language
tonal language
country Mexico
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicGroup Mixe NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Mixe alto norte NERFINISHED
Mixe de la Sierra Norte NERFINISHED
Northern Highland Mixe NERFINISHED
hasDomain language
hasFeature complex morphology
head-marking
polysynthetic tendencies
rich aspect system
rich mood system
tonal system
verb morphology complexity
hasGlottocode nort2957
hasISO639-3Code mxq
hasLinguisticTypology agglutinative language
hasMorphologicalType prefixing
suffixing
hasNumberOfSpeakersEstimate tens of thousands
hasPhonologicalFeature complex consonant system
contrastive tone
hasSyntacticFeature basic word order VSO or VOS (variable)
isPartOf Mesoamerican linguistic area NERFINISHED
indigenous languages of Mexico
isSubjectOf descriptive linguistic research
studies on morphology
studies on tone
languageBranch Mixe NERFINISHED
languageFamily Mixe–Zoque NERFINISHED
region northern highlands of Oaxaca
spokenBy Mixe people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Mexico NERFINISHED
Oaxaca NERFINISHED
subclassOf Mixe–Zoque language NERFINISHED
Oto-Manguean language family NERFINISHED
usedIn local community communication
traditional ceremonies
traditional oral literature
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

Referenced by (5)

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

Mexican Penutian languages hasMember North Highland Mixe
Mixe–Zoquean languages hasLanguage North Highland Mixe
Mixe people hasSubgroup North Highland Mixe
this entity surface form: Highland Mixe
Mixe languages hasLanguageBranch North Highland Mixe
Mixe languages hasLanguage North Highland Mixe
this entity surface form: Coatlán Mixe