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Mixean languages

Mixean languages

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The Mixean languages are a primary branch of the Mixe–Zoquean language family of southern Mexico. According to Wichmann (1995), there are three divergent Mixean languages, and a Oaxacan branch that constitutes the bulk of the family:

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One of the languages is extinct, one is nearly extinct, and one is endangered.

Demographics

List of ISO 639-3 codes and demographic information of Mixean languages from Ethnologue (22nd edition):[1]

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Footnotes

  1. Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Mexico languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.

References

  • Wichmann, Søren, 1995, The Relationship among the Mixe–Zoquean Languages of Mexico. University of Utah Press. Salt Lake City. ISBN 0-87480-487-6

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