The
Mixe languages are languages of the Mixean branch of the
Mixe–Zoquean language family indigenous to southern
Mexico. According to a 1995 classification, there are seven of them (including one that is extinct). The four that are spoken in
Oaxaca are commonly called
Mixe while their two relatives spoken in
Veracruz are commonly called "
Popoluca", but sometimes also Mixe (these are "
Oluta Popoluca" or "Olutec Mixe" and "
Sayula Popoluca" or "Sayultec Mixe"). This article is about the Oaxaca Mixe languages, which their speakers call
Ayuujk,
Ayüük or
Ayuhk.