Isthmus Mixe

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Isthmus Mixe is an indigenous Mixe language spoken in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec region of Oaxaca, Mexico.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Isthmus Mixe canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mixe language
Oto-Manguean language
indigenous language
country Mexico
ethnicity Mixe people
hasAlternateName Isthmus Lowland Mixe
Mixe de Guichicovi
Mixe del Istmo
hasDomainOfUse home
local markets
traditional ceremonies
hasGlottocode istm1242
hasGlottologName Isthmus Mixe
hasLanguageStatus indigenous language of Mexico
minority language
hasLinguisticTypology head-marking language
hasMorphologicalType agglutinative
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone
hasSpeakerCommunity rural communities in Oaxaca
hasWordOrder verb–object–subject (VOS)
verb–subject–object (VSO)
isEndangered true
ISO639-3Code mir
isPartOf Mixe macrolanguage continuum
languageFamily Mixe–Zoque
Oto-Manguean
nativeTo Isthmus of Tehuantepec
Oaxaca
region Isthmus of Tehuantepec
southern Mexico
spokenBy Mixe communities of the Isthmus
indigenous communities
spokenIn Isthmus of Tehuantepec
Mexico
Oaxaca
spokenInMunicipality Matías Romero
San Juan Guichicovi
Santa María Chimalapa
Santa María Petapa
Santo Domingo Chimalapa
Santo Domingo Petapa
subclassOf Mixe–Zoque language
Oto-Manguean language family
usedAlongside Spanish
usedIn local community life
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Isthmus Mixe hasGlottologName Isthmus Mixe
Ayuujk hasDialect Isthmus Mixe