Midland Mixe

{{Short description|Mixe language of Oaxaca, Mexico}} {{use mdy dates|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox language |name=Midland Mixe |nativename=Central Mixe |states=Mexico |region=Northeastern Oaxaca |speakers=29,000 |date=2000–2002 |ref=e18 |familycolor=American |fam1=Mixe–Zoque |fam2=Mixean |fam3=Mixe |lc1=mxq|ld1=Juquila |lc2=neq|ld2=North Central (Cotzocón, Puxmetecán, Atitlán) |lc3=pxm|ld3=Quetzaltepec Mixe (not distinct) |glotto=midl1241 |glottorefname=Midland Mixe }}

'''Midland''' a.k.a. '''Central Mixe'''<ref>Hammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices</ref> 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

''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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jany |first=Carmen |title=Vowel Length and Phonation Contrasts in Chuxnabán Mixe |url=http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/research/Jany_vol18.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620233858/http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/research/Jany_vol18.pdf |archive-date=2010-06-20 |access-date=2012-04-12 |website=Research: Department of Linguistics |publisher=University of California, Santa Barbara}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220709094207/https://nhlrc.ucla.edu/events/conference/1st/papers/The_Chuxnaban_Mixe_Online_Dictionary.pdf]</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jany |first=Carmen |year=2010 |title=Orthography design for Chuxnabán Mixe |journal=Language Documentation & Conservation |volume=4 |pages=231–253 |hdl-access=free |hdl=10125/4481}}</ref>

==Phonology== Orthography from Jany (2011) is in angle brackets where it differs from IPA.<ref name=":0"/>

===Consonants=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+Consonants in Chuxnabán Mixe<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Jany |first=Carmen |year=2011 |title=The Phonetics and Phonology of Chuxnabán Mixe |url=https://journals.dartmouth.edu/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Journals.woa/1/xmlpage/1/article/388?htmlOnce=yes |journal=Linguistic Discovery |volume=9 |issue=1 |doi=10.1349/PS1.1537-0852.A.388 |access-date=2017-05-10 |doi-access=free |archive-date=November 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101165346/https://journals.dartmouth.edu/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Journals.woa/1/xmlpage/1/article/388%3FhtmlOnce%3Dyes |url-status=live }}</ref> ! !Bilabial !Dental/<br />Alveolar !Palatal !Velar !Glottal |- !Nasal |{{IPAlink|m}} {{angbr|m}} |{{IPAlink|n̪}} {{angbr|n}} | | | |- !Plosive |{{IPAlink|p}} {{angbr|p}} |{{IPAlink|t̪}} {{angbr|t}} | |{{IPAlink|k}} {{angbr|k}} |{{IPAlink|ʔ}} {{angbr|’}} |- !Affricate | |{{IPAlink|ts}} |({{IPAlink|tʃ}}) {{angbr|ch}} | | |- !Fricative | | |{{IPAlink|ʃ}} {{angbr|x}} | |{{IPAlink|h}} {{angbr|j}} |- !Glide |{{IPAlink|w}} | |{{IPAlink|j}} {{angbr|y}} | | |}

Spanish loanwords contain eight additional phonemes: {{IPA|/b, d, g, f, s, ɾ, r, l/}}.<ref name=":0"/>

===Vowels=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |+Vowels in Chuxnabán Mixe<ref name=":0"/> ! !Front !Central !Back |- !Close |{{IPAlink|i}} |{{IPAlink|ɨ}} {{angbr|ë}} |{{IPAlink|u}} |- !Mid |{{IPAlink|e}} | |{{IPAlink|o}} |- !Open | |{{IPAlink|a}} | |}

{{IPAslink|æ}} {{angbr|ä}}, {{IPAslink|ø}} {{angbr|ö}}, and {{IPAslink|ʊ}} {{angbr|ü}} are marginal vowels. {{IPAblink|ø}} and {{IPAblink|ʊ}} only occur as allophones of {{IPAslink|o}} and {{IPAslink|u}}, respectively, in palatalized environments, and {{IPAblink|æ}} sometimes alternates with {{IPAslink|ä|a}}.<ref name=":0" />

==References== {{reflist}}

Category:Mixean languages Category:Languages of Mexico