Proto-Mixe–Zoquean language

Proto-Mixe–Zoquean
Proto-Mixe–Zoque
(partial reconstruction)
Reconstruction ofMixe–Zoquean languages
Eraca. 2000–1200 BCE

Proto-Mixe–Zoquean or Proto-Mixe–Zoque is a language that language scholars and Mesoamerican historians believe was spoken on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec during the Initial Formative Period (c. 2000–1200 BCE). Wichmann (1995) has reconstructed nearly 600 Proto-Mixe–Zoquean lexical items.