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Mixe people
The Mixe (Spanish ''mije'' (:ˈmixe)) is an indigenous group inhabiting the eastern highlands of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. They speak the Mixe languages which are classified in the Mixe–Zoque family, and are more culturally conservative than other indigenous groups of the region, maintaining their language to this day. A population figure of 90,000 speakers of Mixe were estimated by SIL international in 1993. The Mixe name for themselves is ''ayuujkjä'äy'' meaning "people who speak the mountain language"〔According to the Monography about the Mixes at the official website of the Instituto Nacional Indigenista ().〕 The word "Mixe" itself is probably derived from the Nahuatl word for cloud: ''mīxtli''.
==Geography==
The region where the Mixe live is known as the Sierra Mixe and is located north east of the city of Oaxaca, bordering on the Valley of Oaxaca to the southwest, the lowlands of Tehuantepec to the east, and the highlands of Choapam and the state of Veracruz to the north. The rugged and remote area is part the Sierra Madre Occidental. The western Mixe live in a mountainous temperate highland zone with the largest Mixe centers in San Pedro and Pablo Ayutla (in Mixe called ''Tu'ukyom''〔The names of in the Mixe languages are taken from Lipp,1991〕), Tlahuitoltepec (''(unicode:Xemgɨxp)'') and Totontepec (''(unicode:Añkɨwam)'').
Here at elevations above 2400 meters maize, beans, potatoes, and squash is produced. The midland Mixe are centered on Zacatepec (''(unicode:Mɨɨygɨxy)'') and Juquila (''(unicode:Kɨngɨ'ɨm)''), in this region coffee and chili peppers are produced. The eastern Mixe live near the city Matías Romero in the tropical lowlands of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, here, at elevations from 35 to 1000 meters tropical crops such as bananas and plantains and sugar cane is produced.
The Mixe region borders on regions inhabited by Zapotecs and Chinantecs, with whom the Mixe have some contact. The Mixe region is watered by three large rivers the Papaloapan, the Coatzacoalcos and the Tehuantepec. Three peaks in the Sierra Mixe reach heights above 3300 meters: at Cempoaltepetl (in Mixe ''Ipxyukp'' "the Mountain of twenty heads"), Cerro Blanco and Cerro Malinche.
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