MIR ISO 639-3
Mixe, Isthmus
hagunaax, hayuuc Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- mir
- Alternate Names
- Ayuk, Eastern Mixe, Guichicovi Mixe, Mixe del Istmo, Mixe medio del este
- Autonym
- hagunaax, hayuuc
- Population
- 22,500 (2000 INALI). Total Mixe speakers: 140,000 (2020 INEGI).
- Location:
- Oaxaca state: San Juan Guichicovi municipality, Tehuantepec isthmus near Veracruz state border. 3 towns.
- Language Status
- 5* (Developing).
- Classification
- Mixe-Zoquean, Mixean, Oaxaca Mixean, Lowland Mixe
- Typology
- SOV; long words, affixes, clitics; prepositions; genitives and demonstratives before noun heads; relative clauses after noun head; question words initial; nontonal.
- Language Use
- Also use Spanish [spa].
- Language Development
- Literacy rate in L1: 10%. Literacy rate in L2: 30%. NT: 1988.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Mixe, Isthmus
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
- Other Comments
- Traditional religion, Christian.
Also Spoken in
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Location: Oaxaca state: San Juan Guichicovi municipality, Tehuantepec isthmus near Veracruz state border. 3 towns.
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