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 (2)

Label Occurrences
Mixe languages canonical 8
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 (9)

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