Isthmus Mixe, called Lowland Mixe in Wichmann (1995), is a Mixe language spoken in Mexico. It is spoken in the villages of Coatlán San José el Paraíso, Mazatlán, Guichicovi, and Camotlán, Oaxaca.
Grammar Isthmus Mixe uses SOV word order. It contains prepositions and postpositions, genitives and demonstratives before noun heads, and relative clauses after the head. Isthmus Mixe is usually categorized as agglutinating.
Phonology +Consonants of Isthmus MixeLabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottalNasal Plosive Affricate Fricative Glide
Dieterman believes every consonant may be modified by the addition of secondary palatalization.
+Vowels of Isthmus MixeFront(unrounded)Central(unrounded)Back(rounded)Close Mid Open
See also
Norman Nordell's Isthmus Mixe to Spanish dictionary (1990) published by SIL
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