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Mixean languages

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Linguistic classification:
  
Mixe–Zoquean Mixean

Glottolog:
  
mixe1286

Mixean languages

Geographic distribution:
  
Oaxaca, Veracruz, Chiapas

Subdivisions:
  
Mixe (Oaxacan) Oluta Popoluca (Olutec) Sayula Popoluca (Sayultec) Tapachultec (Tapachula)

The Mixean languages are a primary branch of the Mixe–Zoquean language family of southern Mexico. According to Wichmann (1995), there are three divergent Mixean languages, and a Oaxacan branch that constitutes the bulk of the family:

  • Oluta Popoluca (Veracruz)
  • Sayula Popoluca (Veracruz)
  • Tapachultec (Chiapas, extinct)
  • Mixe languages (Oaxaca, several languages)

    • References

    Mixean languages Wikipedia
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