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Isthmus Mixe

Isthmus Mixe

Mixe language of Oaxaca, Mexico

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.

Quick Facts Native to, Region ...

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

More information Labial, Alveolar ...

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

More information Front (unrounded), Central (unrounded) ...

See also

References

  1. [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. [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. [3]
    Dieterman, Julia (2002-09-13). "Word order variation in Isthmus Mixe: voice and discourse considerations". SIL International. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  4. [4]
    Dieterman, Julia (2008). "Secondary palatalization in Isthmus Mixe: a phonetic and phonological account". SIL International. Retrieved 2019-02-06.


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