Tlahuitoltepec Mixe
| Tlahuitoltepec Mixe | |
|---|---|
| South Highland Mixe | |
| Ayuujk | |
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Northeastern Oaxaca |
Native speakers | 16,800 (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | mxp |
| Glottolog | tlah1239 |
| ELP | Southern Highland Mixe |
Tlahuitoltepec Mixe, called South Highland Mixe in Wichmann (1995), is a 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 Tamazulapan, with divergent dialects in Tepuxtepec, Tepantlali, and Mixistlán. It is a polysynthetic language with head marking and an inverse system.[2]
Phonology
This phonology is from the Ayulta dialect.[2]
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Close-mid | e | ɤ | |
| Open-mid | ʌ | ||
| Open | a |
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p | t | k | ʔ | ||
| Affricate | t͡s | |||||
| Fricative | s | ʂ | h | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ||||
| Approximant | j |
References
- ^ "Mixe, Tlahuitoltepec". Ethnologue. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
- ^ a b "A reference grammar of Ayutla Mixe (Tukyo'm ayuujk) - ProQuest". search.proquest.com. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
External links
- ELAR archive of Ayutla Mixe language documentation materials
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