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)

Resource for resources: Oxford Bibliographies Mixe-Zoquean Languages

• Lists a decent amount of Sayula (pos) resources which we haven't yet looked into (and likely won't, if another variety works out for us).

Resources by variety

• Quetzaltepec (Chuxnaban) (pxm)
  • Apparently, other than in Jany's work, there is relatively little modern literature on pxm. Most is from Colonial times.
  • Discussion of orthography, plus info on grammar
  • Audio and text bible translation
  • Examination of nominal compounding
• Totontepec (mto)
  • Dictionary
  • Broad description
  • Master's Thesis on applicative constructions
  • Mixe-Zoquean Languages encyclopedia entry
  • Paper on disfrasismos. Story transcription
  • Small wiki in Totontepec and Spanish
• Tlahuitoltepec (Ayutla) (mxp)
  • Grammar (dissertation)
  • Phonotactics
  • Some phonetics, text, and example sentences

External resources

Computational

• A short paper that presents the first neural machine translator system for Ayuuk (ISO: mir)
  • Delfino Zacarias, Ivan Meza 2021. Ayuuk-Spanish Neural Machine Translator
  • Includes resources on developing corpora and NMTs for low-resource languages

Dictionaries

• Dictionary of Totontepec (mto) variety. Likely bilingual, Spanish and Totontepec.
  • Schoenhals, Alvin, and Louise C. Schoenhals. 1965. Vocabulario mixe de Totontepec
  • Available from Princeton, but can't figure out how to request it. Worldcat link

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

Grammatical descriptions

• Grammar of Ayutla(Tlahuitoltepec) (ISO: mxp) variety. Doctoral dissertation by Rodrigo Romero-Mendez.
  • According to Oxford Bibliographies, "contains frequent comparative remarks concerning other Mixe-Zoquean languages."
  • 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

• Phonological, morphosyntactic, and semantic examination of nominal compounding in Quetzaltepec (pxm)
  • Carmen Jany 2013. "Defining Nominal Compounding as a Productive Word-Formation Process in Chuxnabán Mixe"
  • All rights reserved

• Discussion of Tlahuitoltepec phonotactics
  • Esther Herrera Zendejas 2009. Formas sonoras: Mapa fónico de las lenguas mexicanas.
  • Requested from UPenn through EZBorrow

• Tlahuitoltepec: a brief phonological sketch; a short, analyzed text; around 600 analyzed sentences illustrating different types of construction; and a short vocabulary.
  • Could request from University of Pittsburgh through EXBorrow

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,