Midland Mixe

Midland Mixe
Central Mixe
Native to	Mexico
Region	Northeastern Oaxaca
Native speakers	(29,000 cited 2000–2002)
Language family	Mixe–Zoque Mixean Mixe Midland Mixe
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: mxq – Juquila neq – North Central (Cotzocón, Puxmetecán, Atitlán) pxm – Quetzaltepec Mixe (not distinct)
Glottolog	midl1241
ELP

Midland a.k.a. Central Mixe is a Mixe language spoken in Mexico. According to Wichmann (1995), there are two groups of dialects:

North

Jaltepec, Puxmetecán, Atitlán, Matamoros, Cotzocón

South

Juquila, Cacalotepec

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.

Phonology

Orthography from Jany (2011) is in angle brackets where it differs from IPA.

Consonants

Consonants in Chuxnabán Mixe

	Bilabial	Dental/ Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m ⟨m⟩	n̪ ⟨n⟩
Plosive	p ⟨p⟩	t̪ ⟨t⟩		k ⟨k⟩	ʔ ⟨’⟩
Affricate		ts	(tʃ) ⟨ch⟩
Fricative			ʃ ⟨x⟩		h ⟨j⟩
Glide	w		j ⟨y⟩

Spanish loanwords contain eight additional phonemes: /b, d, g, f, s, ɾ, r, l/.

Vowels

Vowels in Chuxnabán Mixe

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ ⟨ë⟩	u
Mid	e		o
Open		a

/æ/ ⟨ä⟩, /ø/ ⟨ö⟩, and /ʊ/ ⟨ü⟩ are marginal vowels. [ø] and [ʊ] only occur as allophones of /o/ and /u/, respectively, in palatalized environments, and [æ] sometimes alternates with /a/.