Tlahuitoltepec Mixe

Tlahuitoltepec Mixe
South Highland Mixe
Ayuujk
Native toMexico
RegionNortheastern Oaxaca
Native speakers
(16,800 cited 2000)
Mixe–Zoque
Language codes
ISO 639-3mxp
Glottologtlah1239
ELPSouthern Highland 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.