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 Oluta Popoluca also called Olutec is a moribund Mixe–Zoquean language of the Mixean branch spoken by a few elderly people in the town of Oluta in Southern Veracruz, Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the Unit ...

(Veracruz) *

Sayula Popoluca Sayula Popoluca, also called Sayultec, is a Mixe language spoken by around 5,000 indigenous people in and around the town of Sayula de Alemán in the southern part of the state of Veracruz, Mexico. Almost all published research on the language ha ...

(Veracruz) * Tapachultec (Chiapas, extinct) *

Mixe languages The Mixe languages are languages of the Mixean branch of the Mixe–Zoquean language family indigenous to southern Mexico. According to a 1995 classification, there are seven of them (including one that is extinct). The four that are spoken in ...

(Oaxaca, several languages - including Mixe or Ayöök) One of the languages is extinct, one is nearly extinct, and one is endangered.

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ISO 639-3 ISO 639-3:2007, ''Codes for the representation of names of languages – Part 3: Alpha-3 code for comprehensive coverage of languages'', is an international standard for language codes in the ISO 639 series. It defines three-letter codes for i ...

codes and demographic information of Mixean languages from ''

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References

* Wichmann, Søren, 1995, ''The Relationship among the Mixe–Zoquean Languages of Mexico.'' University of Utah Press. Salt Lake City. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mixe Languages Indigenous languages of Mexico Mesoamerican languages Mixe–Zoque languages