Midland a.k.a. Central Mixe is a Mixe language spoken in Mexico. According to Wichmann (1995), there are two groups of dialects:
| Midland Mixe | |
|---|---|
| Central Mixe | |
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Northeastern Oaxaca |
Native speakers | 29,000 (2000–2002)[2] |
Language family | Mixe–Zoque
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:mxq – Juquilaneq – North Central (Cotzocón, Puxmetecán, Atitlán)pxm – Quetzaltepec Mixe (not distinct)[3] |
| Glottolog | midl1241 |
| ELP | Midland Mixe |
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.[4][5][6]
| Bilabial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n̪ | |||
| Plosive | p | t̪ | (tʃ) | k | ʔ |
| Fricative | ʃ | h | |||
| Affricate | ts | ||||
| Glide | w | j |
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
The three vowels /a, o, u/ resulting in a suprasegmental palatalization then range to three vowel qualities [æ, ø, ʊ].[7]
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