Ayuujk

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Ayuujk is the endonym for the Mixe language spoken by the Mixe people of Oaxaca in southern Mexico.

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Ayuujk canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mixe–Zoquean language
language
belongsTo indigenous languages of the Americas
country Mexico
endonymFor Mixe language
ethnicity Mixe people
hasAgency spoken in both rural and some urban areas of Oaxaca
hasAlternativeName Mije
Mixe
Mixean
hasCommunity Isthmus Mixe communities
Sierra Mixe communities
hasDialect Isthmus Mixe
Lowland Mixe
North Highland Mixe
South Highland Mixe
hasGlottocode mixe1284 (macro-language grouping)
hasISO6393Code mxq (for some varieties)
hasLinguisticTypology verb-final tendency
hasMorphology polysynthetic tendencies
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive tone (in some varieties)
hasStatus vulnerable language
hasType agglutinative language
hasWordOrder SOV (typical)
isIndigenousLanguageOf Mexico
Oaxaca
linked to: Oaxaca state
isPartOf Mesoamerican linguistic area
isRecognizedBy Instituto Nacional de Lenguas Indígenas
isUsedAlongside Spanish
languageFamily Mixe–Zoquean
region Isthmus of Tehuantepec
Sierra Mixe
spokenBy Mixe people
spokenIn Mexico
Oaxaca
spokenInRegion southern Mexico
subfamily Mixe branch
usedIn oral tradition
ritual practices
traditional Mixe culture
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Mixe autonym Ayuujk