Midland a.k.a. Central Mixe is a
Mixe language spoken in
Mexico
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. 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
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by Carmen Jany and other linguists.
Phonology
Orthography from Jany (2011) is in angle brackets where it differs from IPA.
Consonants
Spanish loanwords contain eight additional phonemes: .
Vowels
, , and are marginal vowels. and only occur as allophones of and , respectively, in palatalized environments, and sometimes alternates with .
References
Mixean languages
Languages of Mexico
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