Totontepec Mixe
Totontepec Mixe is a Mixe-Zoque language spoken in Mexico, by about 5,500 people. Glottolog rates it shifting.
See it on the globeOpen in the family tree
Totontepec Mixe, called North Highland Mixe in Wichmann (1995), is a Mixe language spoken in Mexico, in the town of Totontepec Villa de Morelos, Oaxaca.
From Wikipedia · Totontepec Mixe · CC BY-SA 4.0
Written down
Tum akijpxa xa ve’e jayu kye’ex, ve’em ax jö’n tyukidaakjüva tijaty mëkin; ve’empa axjö’n jä jyööjtykin di yaknaxy, jats oy myujatyöö’tëjk di mëët nayjavajüt.
Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR in Unicode).
Words in Totontepec Mixe
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | hayu* | |
| name | S3* | |
| eye | vin* | |
| ear | tack* | |
| nose | h3p* | |
| tooth | t3c* | |
| tongue | toc* | |
| hand | k373* | |
| blood | nupun* | |
| bone | pak* | |
| skin | ak* | |
| knee | koS* | |
| breast | huta* | |
| liver | n3hot* | |
| water | nüü | |
| fire | h3n* | |
| sun | S3* | |
| star | maca* | |
| stone | ca* | |
| mountain | kopk* | |
| tree | kup* | |
| leaf | ahy* | |
| night | cu* | |
| dog | uk* | |
| fish | ahkS* | |
| louse | 37c* | |
| one | tuk* | |
| two | meck* | |
| I | 3c* | |
| you | mic* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
Most similar languages
Vocabulary
- North Central MixeMixe-Zoque69% alike
- Juquila MixeMixe-Zoque64% alike
- Sayula PopolucaMixe-Zoque64% alike
- Tlahuitoltepec MixeMixe-Zoque62% alike
- Coatlán MixeMixe-Zoque60% alike
- Isthmus MixeMixe-Zoque57% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
Nearby languages
Elsewhere
Glottolog · toto1305 · Wikipedia (English) · Ethnologue · mto