Mixean languages

Mixean
Geographic distribution:	Oaxaca, Veracruz, Chiapas
Linguistic classification:	Mixe–Zoquean Mixean
Subdivisions:	Oaxacan Mixean Oluta Popoluca (Olutec) Sayula Popoluca (Sayultec) Tapachultec (Tapachula)
Locations (red) where Mixean languages are spoken

The Mixean or Mixe 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 (Veracruz)
• Sayula Popoluca (Veracruz)
• Tapachultec (Chiapas, extinct)
• Oaxacan Mixean languages

References

• Wichmann, Søren, 1995, The Relationship among the Mixe–Zoquean Languages of Mexico. University of Utah Press. Salt Lake City. ISBN 0-87480-487-6