Mixe, Coatlán
A language of Mexico
| Population | 5,000 (1993 SIL). All Mixe languages: 90,000 (1993 SIL). |
| Region | East central Oaxaca, including Coatlán, Camotlán, San José, Santa Isabel, Ixcuintepec. |
| Language map |
Eastern Central Mexico, reference number 105 |
| Alternate names | Southeastern Mixe |
| Dialects | Coatlán Mixe, Camotlán Mixe. |
| Classification | Mixe-Zoque, Mixe, Eastern Mixe |
| Language development | Literacy rate in L1: 25%. Videos. Dictionary. NT: 1976. |
| Writing system | Latin script. |
| Comments | Long words, affixes, clitics; nontonal. Swidden agriculturalists. |
Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:
Academic Publications
BARTHOLOMEW, Doris; HOOGSHAGEN, Searle, authors. 1993. "Gramática del mixe de Coatlán."
HOOGSHAGEN, Searle, author. 1959. "Three contrastive vowel lengths in Mixe."
HOOGSHAGEN, Searle, author. 1964. "The Mixe supernatural and Christianity."
HOOGSHAGEN, Searle, author. 1966. "A sketch of the earth’s supernatural functions in Coatlán Mixe."
HOOGSHAGEN, Searle, author. 1974. Estructura de la cláusula en mixe de Coatlán.
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HOOGSHAGEN, Searle, author. 1984. "Coatlán Mixe."
HOOGSHAGEN, Searle, author. 1987. "Acculturation of indigenous societies: a Mixe case study."
HOOGSHAGEN, Searle; MERRIFIELD, William R., authors. 1961. "Coatlán Mixe kinship."
HOOGSHAGEN, Searle; WEITLANER, Roberto J., authors. 1960. "Grados de edad en Oaxaca."
MILLER, Walter, researcher. 2011. Mixe Stories and Beliefs.
VAN HAITSMA, Julia D.; VAN HAITSMA, Willard, authors. 1976. A hierarchical sketch of Mixe as spoken in San José El Paraíso.
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