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: *

Oluta Popoluca Oluta Popoluca also called Olutec is a moribund Mixe–Zoquean language of the Mixean branch spoken by a few elderly people in the town of Oluta in Southern Veracruz, Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in No ...

(Veracruz) *

Sayula Popoluca Sayula Popoluca, also called Sayultec, is a Mixe language spoken by around 5,000 indigenous people in and around the town of Sayula de Alemán in the southern part of the state of Veracruz, Mexico. Almost all published research on the language ...

(Veracruz) * Tapachultec (Chiapas, extinct) *

Mixe languages The Mixe languages are languages of the Mixean branch of the Mixe–Zoquean languages, Mixe–Zoquean language family indigenous to southern Mexico. According to a 1995 classification, there are seven of them (including one that is extinct). Th ...

(Oaxaca, several languages - including Mixe or Ayöök) Tapachultec has been extinct since the 1930s, Olutec is moribund, and Sayultec is endangered. However, the different varieties of Mixe proper collectively maintain upwards of 100,000 speakers.

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ISO 639-3 ISO 639-3:2007, ''Codes for the representation of names of languages – Part 3: Alpha-3 code for comprehensive coverage of languages'', is an international standard for language codes in the ISO 639 series. It defines three-letter codes for ...

codes and demographic information of Mixean languages from ''

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References

* Wichmann, Søren, 1995, ''The Relationship among the Mixe–Zoquean Languages of Mexico.'' University of Utah Press. Salt Lake City. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mixe Languages Indigenous languages of Mexico Mesoamerican languages