Midland Mixe


Midland a.k.a. Central Mixe is a Mixe language spoken in Mexico. According to Wichmann, 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

Orthography from Jany is in angle brackets where it differs from IPA.

Consonants

Spanish loanwords contain eight additional phonemes:.

Vowels

, , and are marginal vowels. and only occur as allophones of and, respectively, in palatalized environments, and sometimes alternates with.