Mixe languages

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Mixe languages are a group of related indigenous Mesoamerican languages spoken primarily by the Mixe people in the highlands of Oaxaca, Mexico.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Mixe languages canonical 13
Mixe language 1
Mixé languages 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican language family ⓘ
indigenous language family ⓘ
language family ⓘ
arealFeature ergative alignment (in some varieties) ⓘ
head-marking morphology ⓘ
use of relational nouns ⓘ
vigecimal numeral system ⓘ
areSpokenSince pre-Columbian times ⓘ
belongToMacroFamilyCandidate proposed Gulf Zoquean–Mixe macrofamily (controversial) ⓘ
country Mexico ⓘ
hasGlottocode mixe1284 ⓘ
hasLanguage Alotepec Mixe ⓘ
Atitlán Mixe ⓘ
linked to: Alotepec Mixe

Ayutla Mixe ⓘ
linked to: Ayutla Mixtec

Cacalotepec Mixe ⓘ
Chuxnabán Mixe ⓘ
linked to: Midland Mixe

Coatlán Mixe ⓘ
linked to: North Highland Mixe

Guichicovi Mixe ⓘ
Juquila Mixe ⓘ
Mazatlán Mixe ⓘ
linked to: Tlahuitoltepec Mixe

Ocotepec Mixe ⓘ
Quetzaltepec Mixe ⓘ
Tlahuitoltepec Mixe ⓘ
Totontepec Mixe ⓘ
linked to: Tlahuitoltepec Mixe
hasLanguageBranch Lowland Mixe ⓘ
North Highland Mixe ⓘ
South Highland Mixe ⓘ
hasLanguageFamilyCode iso639-5:mix ⓘ
hasLinguisticArea Mesoamerican Linguistic Area ⓘ
hasNotableResearcher Katarzyna Michałowska ⓘ
Søren Wichmann ⓘ
Thomas C. Smith-Stark ⓘ
languageFamilyOf Mixe languages of Oaxaca ⓘ
languageStatus vulnerable ⓘ
partOf Mixe–Zoquean languages ⓘ
region Isthmus of Tehuantepec foothills ⓘ
Sierra Mixe ⓘ
relatedTo Zoque languages ⓘ
spokenBy Mixe people ⓘ
spokenIn Mexico ⓘ
Oaxaca highlands ⓘ
State of Oaxaca ⓘ
subclassOf Mixe–Zoque language family ⓘ
typologicalFeature complex verb morphology ⓘ
polysynthetic morphology ⓘ
tone (in several varieties) ⓘ
usedByEthnicGroup Mixe people of Oaxaca ⓘ
writingSystem Latin script ⓘ
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

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

State of Oaxaca → hasIndigenousLanguages → Mixé languages ⓘ
linked to: Mixe languages
Popoluca → subfamily → Mixe languages ⓘ
Mexican Penutian languages → hasMember → Mixe languages ⓘ
Mixe–Zoquean languages → hasSubfamily → Mixe languages ⓘ
Mixe people → language → Mixe languages ⓘ
Mixe → language → Mixe languages ⓘ
Sierra Norte de Oaxaca → languageSpoken → Mixe languages ⓘ
South Highland Mixe → subclassOf → Mixe language ⓘ
linked to: Mixe languages
Mixe people of Oaxaca → primaryLanguage → Mixe languages ⓘ
Katarzyna Michałowska → studies → Mixe languages ⓘ
Sierra Mixe → hasLanguage → Mixe languages ⓘ
Gulf Zoquean → relatedTo → Mixe languages ⓘ