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
Hoogshagen, Searle and Hilda Hoogshagen, compilers. 1993. Diccionario mixe de Coatlán.
Hoogshagen, Searle and William R. Merrifield. 1961. "Coatlán Mixe kinship."
Hoogshagen, Searle. 1959. "Three contrastive vowel lengths in Mixe."
Hoogshagen, Searle. 1960. "Elección, instalación y aseguramiento de los funcionarios en Coatlán."
Hoogshagen, Searle. 1960. "Notes on the sacred narcotic mushroom from Coatlán, Oaxaca, Mexico."
Hoogshagen, Searle. 1964. "The Mixe supernatural and Christianity."
Hoogshagen, Searle. 1966. "A sketch of the earth’s supernatural functions in Coatlán Mixe."
Hoogshagen, Searle. 1971. "La creación del sol y la luna según los mixes de Coatlán, Oaxaca."
Hoogshagen, Searle. 1974. "Estructura de la cláusula en mixe de Coatlán."
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Hoogshagen, Searle. 1984. "Coatlán Mixe."
Hoogshagen, Searle. 1987. "Acculturation of indigenous societies: a Mixe case study."
Van Haitsma, Julia D. and Willard Van Haitsma. 1976. A hierarchical sketch of Mixe as spoken in San José El Paraíso.
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Weitlaner, Roberto J. and Searle Hoogshagen. 1960. "Grados de edad en Oaxaca."

