Isthmus Mixe

Isthmus Mixe
Lowland Mixe
Native toMexico
RegionNortheastern Oaxaca
Native speakers
(45,000 cited 1990–2000)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
mco – Coatlán, Camotlán
mir – Guichicovi
mzl – Mazatlán
Glottologlowl1263
ELPLowland Mixe

Isthmus Mixe, called Lowland Mixe in Wichmann (1995),[2] is a Mixe language spoken in Mexico. It is spoken in the villages of Coatlán San José el Paraíso, Mazatlán, Guichicovi, and Camotlán, Oaxaca.

Grammar

Isthmus Mixe is SOV word order.[3] It contains prepositions and postpositions, genitives and demonstratives before noun heads, and relative clauses after the head.[4] Isthmus Mixe is usually categorized as agglutinating.[4]

Phonology

Consonants of Isthmus Mixe[4]
Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n
Plosive p t k ʔ
Affricate t͡s
Fricative ʃ h
Glide w j

Dieterman believes every consonant may be modified by the addition of secondary palatalization.[4]

Vowels of Isthmus Mixe
Front
(unrounded) 		Central
(unrounded) 		Back
(rounded)
Close i ɨ u
Mid e o
Open a

See also

References

  1. ^ Coatlán, Camotlán at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Guichicovi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Mazatlán at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Wichmann, Søren (1995). The relationship among the Mixe-Zoquean languages of Mexico. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. ISBN 9780874804874. OCLC 32589134.
  3. ^ Dieterman, Julia (2002-09-13). "Word order variation in Isthmus Mixe: voice and discourse considerations". SIL International. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  4. ^ a b c d Dieterman, Julia (2008). "Secondary palatalization in Isthmus Mixe: a phonetic and phonological account". SIL International. Retrieved 2019-02-06.


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