Midland Mixe
# Midland Mixe

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.

A new variety of Midland Mixe has been recently documented in the village of San Juan Bosco Chuxnabá in San Miguel Quetzaltepec municipality, Oaxaca by Carmen Jany and other linguists.

## Phonology

Consonants in Chuxnabán Mixe :

| | Bilabial | Dental/ Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nasal | m | n̪ | | | |
| Plosive | p | t̪ | (tʃ) | k | ʔ |
| Fricative | | | ʃ | | h |
| Affricate | | ts | | | |
| Glide | w | | j | | |

Vowels in Chuxnabán Mixe :

| | Front | Central | Back |
| - | - | - | - |
| Close | i | ɨ | u |
| Mid | e | | o |
| Open | | a | |

The three vowels /a, o, u/ resulting in a suprasegmental palatalization then range to three vowel qualities [æ, ø, ʊ].

