Mixe

Language being worked on by Bill Dengler and Elizabeth Resendiz.

NOTE: Of the languages we have the most resources for, Quetzaltepec (pxm) and Totontepec (mto) are more closely related to each other than either are to Tlahuitoltepec (mxp)

External resources

Dictionaries

• Dictionary of Tontontepec variety. Likely bilingual, Spanish and Tontontepec.
  • Schoenhals, Alvin, and Louise C. Schoenhals. 1965. Vocabulario mixe de Tontontepec
  • Couldn't find in Tripod or E-ZBorrow.

Check WorldCat. This source is available from Princeton. -JNW

Grammatical descriptions

• Grammar of Ayutla(Tlahuitoltepec) (ISO: mxp) variety. Doctoral dissertation by Rodrigo Romero-Mendez.
  • Copyrighted, all rights reserved.
  • 2009 A Reference Grammar of Ayutla Mixe
  • Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License
• A broad description of the Totontepec (ISO: mto) variety of North Highlands Mixe. Particular emphasis on applicative constructions.
  • Master's Thesis by Veronica Guzman Guzman. 2012. Las construcciones aplicativas en el mixe de Totontepec
  • Couldn't find in Tripod or E-ZBorrow

MediaWiki markup for URLS is a single set of square brackets; double is for inter-wiki links. -JNW

Scientific works

• A discussion of orthography design for Mixe languages, focusing on Chuxnaban (Quetzaltepec (ISO: pxm)).
  • Includes:
    • a phonemic inventory and its representation in Janey's proposed orthography
    • Some discussion of phonological processes
    • examples of Chuxnaban words and phrases
    • a table comparing many of the mixean orthographies that are and have been used for various varieties
  • 2010 Carmen Janey Orthography Design for Chuxnaban Mixe
• An overview of structural aspects of Mixe-Zoquean languages (not specific to any one variety of Mixe)
  • Mixe-Zoquean Languages
  • A short discussion of general phonology, morphology, and syntax of the language family and the distinguishing features of the two branches (Mixe and Zoque).
  • Some examples from Totontepec (ISO: mto) (and other less relevant Mixean varieties)
  • In print. Obtained from Trico libraries.
• A paper on "disfrasismos" in North Highland Mixe. Also discussed the language and its speakers more generally. Includes a transcription of a story told in Totontepec by a native speaker.
  • Daniel Suslak 2010. Battered Spanish, Eloquent Mixe: Form and Function of Mixe Difrasismos
  • JSTOR permitted uses

Corpora

• Bible translation in Quetzaltepec (ISO: pxm) variety. Includes text and audio.
  • Copyrighted, all rights reserved. Permitted for personal, non-commercial use.
  • Bible.is 2013 Sociedad Bíblica de México, A.C.
• Wikimedia for Totontepec (ISO: mto) variety. 10 pages, mostly pictures of animals and what they're called in Totontepec.
  • Wikimedia's terms of use: free to read, print, share, and reuse articles under free and open licenses.
  • mto main page

• Transcription of a story about coffee-picking told in Totontepec by a native speaker. Transcription of a small discussion on English. Some additional examples. For each line/phrase, records: phrasal transcriptions, morpheme-level transcripts, English glosses, English translations.
  • Daniel Suslak 2010. Battered Spanish, Eloquent Mixe: Form and Function of Mixe Difrasismos
  • JSTOR permitted uses,