Mixe, Isthmus

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A language of Mexico

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Alternate Names
Ayuk, Eastern Mixe, Guichicovi Mixe, Mixe del Istmo, Mixe medio del este
Autonym
hagunaax, hayuuc
User Population

22,500 (2000 INALI). Total Mixe speakers: 140,000 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Oaxaca state: San Juan Guichicovi municipality, Tehuantepec isthmus near Veracruz state border. 3 towns.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

Classification
Mixe-Zoquean, Mixean, Oaxaca Mixean, Lowland Mixe
Typology

SOV; long words, affixes, clitics; prepositions; genitives and demonstratives before noun heads; relative clauses after noun head; question words initial; nontonal.

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 10%. Literacy rate in L2: 30%. NT: 1988.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Mixe, Isthmus
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.