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.
| Isthmus Mixe | |
|---|---|
| Lowland Mixe | |
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Northeastern Oaxaca |
Native speakers | (45,000 cited 1990–2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Variously:mco – Coatlán, Camotlánmir – Guichicovimzl – Mazatlán |
| Glottolog | lowl1263 |
| ELP | Lowland Mixe |
Grammar edit
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 edit
| 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]
| Front (unrounded) |
Central (unrounded) |
Back (rounded) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Mid | e | o | |
| Open | a |
See also edit
- Norman Nordell's Isthmus Mixe to Spanish dictionary (1990) published by SIL
References edit
- ^ 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) - ^ Wichmann, Søren (1995). The relationship among the Mixe-Zoquean languages of Mexico. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press. ISBN 9780874804874. OCLC 32589134.
- ^ Dieterman, Julia (2002-09-13). "Word order variation in Isthmus Mixe: voice and discourse considerations". SIL International. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
- ^ 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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