Native to Mexico Native speakers 29,000 (2000–2002) | Region Northeastern Oaxaca Glottolog midl1241 | |
Language family Mixe–Zoque
Mixean
Mixe
Midland Mixe ISO 639-3 Variously:
mxq – Juquila
neq – North Central (Cotzocón, Puxmetecán, Atitlán)
pxm – Quetzaltepec Mixe (not distinct) | ||
Midland a.k.a. Central Mixe 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.
References
Midland Mixe Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA