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Midland a.k.a. Central Mixe 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 Tlahuitoltepec Mixe, called South Highland Mixe in Wichmann (1995), is a Mixe languages, Mixe language spoken in Mexico. South Highland Mixe consists of a core dialect, spoken in the towns of Tlahuitoltepec, San Pedro y San Pablo Ayutla, and Tam ...
. A new variety of Midland Mixe has been recently documented in the village of San Juan Bosco Chuxnabá in
San Miguel Quetzaltepec San Miguel Quetzaltepec is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. It is part of the Sierra Mixe district within the Sierra Norte de Oaxaca Region. The name "Quetzaltepec" means "hill of the quetzal", a tiny bird with a large ...
municipality, Oaxaca by Carmen Jany and other linguists.http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/handle/10125/4481/jany.pdf;jsessionid=C40A89F204744A496CE63E8B2FD9133A?sequence=1


Phonology

The three vowels resulting in a suprasegmental palatalization then range to three vowel qualities ,


References

Mixe–Zoque languages Languages of Mexico {{indigenousAmerican-lang-stub