Midland Mixe

{{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 MixeHammarström (2015) Ethnologue 16/17/18th editions: a comprehensive review: online appendices 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.{{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}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20220709094207/https://nhlrc.ucla.edu/events/conference/1st/papers/The_Chuxnaban_Mixe_Online_Dictionary.pdf]{{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}}

Phonology

Orthography from Jany (2011) is in angle brackets where it differs from IPA.

=Consonants=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" \|+Consonants in Chuxnabán Mixe{{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 }} ! !Bilabial !Dental/ 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}} \| \|

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|+Consonants in Chuxnabán Mixe{{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 }}

|{{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/}}.

=Vowels=

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

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|+Vowels in Chuxnabán Mixe

!Front

!Central

!Back

|{{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}}.

References

Category:Mixean languages

Category:Languages of Mexico