Mixean languages

Mixean
Geographic distribution:	Oaxaca, Veracruz, Chiapas
Linguistic classification:	Mixe–Zoquean Mixean
Subdivisions:	Mixe (Oaxacan) Oluta Popoluca (Olutec) Sayula Popoluca (Sayultec) Tapachultec (Tapachula)
Glottolog:	`mixe1286`^[1]
Locations (red) where Mixean languages are spoken

The Mixean languages are a primary branch of the Mixe–Zoquean language family of southern Mexico. According to Wichmann (1995), there are three divergent Mixean languages, and a Oaxacan branch that constitutes the bulk of the family:

Oluta Popoluca (Veracruz)
Sayula Popoluca (Veracruz)
Tapachultec (Chiapas, extinct)
Mixe languages (Oaxaca, several languages)

Footnotes

↑ Nordhoff, Sebastian; Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2013). "Mixe". Glottolog. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

References

Wichmann, Søren, 1995, The Relationship among the Mixe–Zoquean Languages of Mexico. University of Utah Press. Salt Lake City. ISBN 0-87480-487-6

Languages of Mexico

Official languages

More than 100,000 speakers	Spanish Nahuatl Yucatec Maya Mixtec Zapotec Tzeltal Maya Tzotzil Maya Otomí Totonac Mazatec Ch'ol Huastec Chinantec Mixe Mazahua Purépecha

10,000 - 100,000 speakers	Tlapanec Tarahumara Amuzgo Chatino Tojolab'al Sierra Popoluca Chontal de Tabasco Huichol Mayo Tepehuán Trique Cora Popolocan Huave Cuicatec Yaqui Q'anjob'al Tepehua

Less than 10,000 speakers	Pame Mam Chontal of Oaxaca Chuj Tacuate Chichimeca Jonaz Huarijío Chocho Pima Bajo Q'eqchí Lacandón Jakaltek Matlatzinca Seri Ixcatec K'iche' Kaqchikel Paipai Cucapá Mototzintleco Kumiai Pápago Kikapú Ixil Cochimí Kiliwa Aguacatec

Non-official languages

Sign languages

Note: The list of official languages is ordered by decreasing size of population.

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