Mixe languages
Branch of the Mixe-Zoquean language family of Mexico / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Mixe languages are languages of the Mixean branch of the Mixe–Zoquean language family indigenous to southern Mexico. According to a 1995 classification, there are seven of them (including one that is extinct). The four that are spoken in Oaxaca are commonly called Mixe while their two relatives spoken in Veracruz are commonly called "Popoluca", but sometimes also Mixe (these are "Oluta Popoluca" or "Olutec Mixe" and "Sayula Popoluca" or "Sayultec Mixe"). This article is about the Oaxaca Mixe languages, which their speakers call Ayöök, Ayuujk, Ayüük or Ayuhk.[citation needed]
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Mixe | |
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Oaxacan Mixean Ayuujk | |
Ethnicity | Mixe people |
Geographic distribution | Oaxaca, Mexico |
Native speakers | 140,000 (2020 census)[1] |
Linguistic classification | Mixe–Zoque
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Subdivisions | |
Glottolog | oaxa1241 |
The Mixe region within the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico |
140,000 people reported their language to be "Mixe" in the 2020 census.[1]