Mecin

Mecin is the language of Xikatl Khom. It is a Mecinic Language. It has 420,000 speakers (10.5% of Yalhuaca's population.)

Mecin has three distinct dialects:

Western Mecin, or Mécin Lò, Eastern Mecin, or Mecin Hàng, Southern Mecin, or Huát Mécin.

Mécin Lò is spoken in the western region, in Sau West. It is the purest form of the language, most similar to the ancestral Mecin.

I spoke without him.

There-1sg without-3sg-an spoke-pst.

Sàni imôk ántò.

Mecin Hàng is spoken in the eastern region, in Sau East. It is heavily mixed with Pùkat.

I spoke without him.

speak-pst 1sg-3sg without-3sg.

Ántan kuì aí miôk.

Huát Mécin is spoken in the south-central region, in Sau Tàlhan. It is no longer spoken much in Tàlhan Pet, but is spoken in towns and areas around Tàlhan Pet.

I spoke without him.

1sg without-3sg-an spoke-pst.

Kuî miòk ántuin.