Midland Mixe

Midland a.k.a. Central Mixe^[2] is a Mixe language spoken in Mexico. According to Wichmann (1995), there are two groups of dialects:

North

Jaltepec, Puxmetecán, Atitlán, Matamoros, Cotzocón

South

Juquila, Cacalotepec

Midland Mixe
Central Mixe
Native to	Mexico
Region	Northeastern Oaxaca
Native speakers	(29,000 cited 2000–2002)[1]
Language family	Mixe–Zoque Mixean Mixe Midland Mixe
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: mxq – Juquila neq – North Central (Cotzocón, Puxmetecán, Atitlán) pxm – Quetzaltepec Mixe (not distinct)
Glottolog	midl1241
ELP	Midland Mixe

Ethnologue lists Mixistlán as well, but Wichmann counts that as Tlahuitoltepec Mixe.

A new variety of Midland Mixe has been recently documented in the village of San Juan Bosco Chuxnabá in San Miguel Quetzaltepec municipality, Oaxaca by Carmen Jany and other linguists.^[3][4][5]

Phonology

Orthography from Jany (2011) is in angle brackets where it differs from IPA.^[6]

Consonants

Consonants in Chuxnabán Mixe^[6]

	Bilabial	Dental/ Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m ⟨m⟩	n̪ ⟨n⟩
Plosive	p ⟨p⟩	t̪ ⟨t⟩		k ⟨k⟩	ʔ ⟨’⟩
Affricate		ts	(tʃ) ⟨ch⟩
Fricative			ʃ ⟨x⟩		h ⟨j⟩
Glide	w		j ⟨y⟩

Spanish loanwords contain eight additional phonemes: /b, d, g, f, s, ɾ, r, l/.^[6]

Vowels

Vowels in Chuxnabán Mixe^[6]

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ ⟨ë⟩	u
Mid	e		o
Open		a

/æ/ ⟨ä⟩, /ø/ ⟨ö⟩, and /ʊ/ ⟨ü⟩ are marginal vowels. [ø] and [ʊ] only occur as allophones of /o/ and /u/, respectively, in palatalized environments, and [æ] sometimes alternates with /a/.^[6]