Mixeanadj.n.
/ˈmiːheɪən/, U.S. /ˈmiˌheɪən/ A. adj.
Of or relating to the Mixe of southern Mexico; spec. belonging to or designating a group of related languages which together form a branch of the Mixe–Zoque language family.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [adjective] > Penutian > of specific Penutian languages
Creek1725
Choctaw1796
Tsimshian1836
Muskogee1868
Tzeltal1868
Yuki1875
Klamath1881
Takelma1882
Zoque1891
Zoque–Mixe1893
Modoc1907
Yawelmani1907
Sahaptin1921
Totonacan1933
Tzotzil1939
Molale1966
Quichean1968
Mixean1977
1977 M. McClaran in T. A. Sebeok Native Lang. Americas II. ii. 153 The Tapachulteco dialect..is..a Mixean dialect.
1977 M. McClaran in T. A. Sebeok Native Lang. Americas II. ii. 153 The Popolucan dialects do not constitute a unity but are either Mixean or Zoquean.
1993 Science 19 Mar. 1703/2 (caption) Areas of Mixean speech are stippled.
B. n.
1. The Mixean group of languages; a language belonging to the Mixean group.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Amerindian > [noun] > northern Amerindian > Penutian > Mexican Penutian
Mixe1877
Zoque1891
Totonac1908
Mixean1977
Mixe–Zoque1977
1977 M. McClaran in T. A. Sebeok Native Lang. Americas II. ii. 153 There are only two main branches of the [Mixe–Zoque] family, Mixean and Zoquean.
1989 Encycl. Brit. VIII. 203/1 There are seven languages in the [Mixe–Zoque] family, divided into two branches or divisions—Zoquean and Mixean.
1993 Science 19 Mar. 1703/3 Mixean, but not Zoquean, had both long and short vowels.
2. A member of a people speaking any of the Mixean languages. Cf. Mixe n. 1. rare.
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the world > people > ethnicities > Indian of Central or South America > [noun] > peoples of Central America
Chichimeca1578
Miskito1697
Tiwa1710
Nahuatlaca1775
Otomi1782
Aztec1787
Mazahua1787
Mixteca1787
Totonac1787
Zapotec1797
Chichimec1809
Quiché1823
Mayo1829
Seri1829
Mixtec1852
Olmec1852
Mogollon1855
Mimbres1859
Yaqui1861
Cuna1868
Tzeltal1868
Nahuatl1873
Huastec1874
Tarahumara1874
Tlapanec1874
Bribri1875
Nahua1875
Mangue1876
Mazatec1878
Subtiaba1891
Tequistlatec1891
Trique1891
Nahuatlan1897
Huichol1900
Mixtecan1900
Tarascan1931
Mixe–Zoque1957
Mixteco1972
Garifuna1977
Mixean1982
Garinagu1983
Mixe–Zoquean1989
1982 Anthropol. Ling. 24 i. 73 Mixe-Zoquean speakers—more specifically Mixeans—were involved in the..development of Mayan hieroglyphic writing.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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