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Tlahuitoltepec Mixe
Tlahuitoltepec Mixe, called South Highland Mixe in Wichmann (1995), is a Mixe language spoken in Mexico.
South Highland Mixe consists of a core dialect, spoken in the towns of Tlahuitoltepec, San Pedro y San Pablo Ayutla, and Tamazulapan, with divergent dialects in Tepuxtepec, Tepantlali, and Mixistlán. It is a polysynthetic language with head marking and an inverse system.
The following description is based on the language as spoken in Ayutla, which is known as Tukyo’m Ayuujk in the language.[dubious – discuss]
Mendez states that 3,617 communicated in Ayutla Mixe in 2005. The number who were monolingual started decreasing after 1960. The children from San Pedro y San Pablo Ayutla do not speak fluently as their parents because schools only offered instruction in Spanish. In his paper, Romero Mendez states that the Mixe languages including Ayutla Mixe, shares features that relates to the Mayan languages. According to Romero Mendez, there are only a small number of people who still wear traditional clothing which consists mostly of women. In his paper, Romero Mendez states " All the Catholic celebrations are observed in Ayutla, including Easter, the Day of the Dead, and Christmas". A current issue happening in the Ayutla community is their fight for proper access to water. In Agua Para Ayutla Ya, Ordena Juez, Pedro Matias states that the governor of Oaxaca, Alejandro Murat Hinojosa, has not restored the water pipeline that would provide access to water despite being ordered to do so by a federal judge. The Ayutla Mixe community is where Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil comes from and she is a well known linguist. In The Map and the Territory, Aguilar Gil mentions that people from the Ayutla Mixe community who migrate to the United States believe that the spirit of their community is being recreated in places that are away from their home.
This phonology is from the Ayulta dialect. Ayutla Mixe has a total of 12 consonants and seven vowels.
The language does not have any liquid sounds; for instance, there are no /l/ or /r/ sounds used in their words. However, both /l/ and /r/ my be used in Spanish loan words.
Below are some examples of consonants and their sounds.
Below are some examples of vowels and their sounds. These examples show how the change in specific letters can change the meaning of the word.
Tlahuitoltepec Mixe
Tlahuitoltepec Mixe, called South Highland Mixe in Wichmann (1995), is a Mixe language spoken in Mexico.
South Highland Mixe consists of a core dialect, spoken in the towns of Tlahuitoltepec, San Pedro y San Pablo Ayutla, and Tamazulapan, with divergent dialects in Tepuxtepec, Tepantlali, and Mixistlán. It is a polysynthetic language with head marking and an inverse system.
The following description is based on the language as spoken in Ayutla, which is known as Tukyo’m Ayuujk in the language.[dubious – discuss]
Mendez states that 3,617 communicated in Ayutla Mixe in 2005. The number who were monolingual started decreasing after 1960. The children from San Pedro y San Pablo Ayutla do not speak fluently as their parents because schools only offered instruction in Spanish. In his paper, Romero Mendez states that the Mixe languages including Ayutla Mixe, shares features that relates to the Mayan languages. According to Romero Mendez, there are only a small number of people who still wear traditional clothing which consists mostly of women. In his paper, Romero Mendez states " All the Catholic celebrations are observed in Ayutla, including Easter, the Day of the Dead, and Christmas". A current issue happening in the Ayutla community is their fight for proper access to water. In Agua Para Ayutla Ya, Ordena Juez, Pedro Matias states that the governor of Oaxaca, Alejandro Murat Hinojosa, has not restored the water pipeline that would provide access to water despite being ordered to do so by a federal judge. The Ayutla Mixe community is where Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil comes from and she is a well known linguist. In The Map and the Territory, Aguilar Gil mentions that people from the Ayutla Mixe community who migrate to the United States believe that the spirit of their community is being recreated in places that are away from their home.
This phonology is from the Ayulta dialect. Ayutla Mixe has a total of 12 consonants and seven vowels.
The language does not have any liquid sounds; for instance, there are no /l/ or /r/ sounds used in their words. However, both /l/ and /r/ my be used in Spanish loan words.
Below are some examples of consonants and their sounds.
Below are some examples of vowels and their sounds. These examples show how the change in specific letters can change the meaning of the word.