Mazateco de Jalapa de Díaz

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Mazateco de Jalapa de Díaz is a Mazatecan language variety spoken by the Mazatec people in and around Jalapa de Díaz in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mazatecan language variety
Oto-Manguean language
indigenous language of Mexico
belongsTo Mazatec macrolanguage
closelyRelatedTo Mazatec of Ayautla NERFINISHED
Mazatec of Huautla NERFINISHED
coexistsWith Spanish in Jalapa de Díaz NERFINISHED
country Mexico
endangeredStatus vulnerable
ethnicity Mazatec NERFINISHED
geographicDistribution town of Jalapa de Díaz and surrounding communities in Oaxaca
glottocode jala1261
glottologName Jalapa de Díaz Mazatec NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Jalapa Mazatec NERFINISHED
Mazatec of Jalapa de Díaz NERFINISHED
hasDomain home and community domains
hasISO639-3Code maj
hasLinguisticTypology head-marking language
tonal language
hasMorphology complex verbal morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature complex vowel system
phonemic nasalization
tone
hasSociolinguisticFeature intergenerational transmission still present but weakening in some areas
hasWordOrder flexible word order with verb-initial tendencies
isPartOf Oto-Manguean language family NERFINISHED
isSubjectOf descriptive linguistic studies on Mazatecan languages
languageBranch Mazatecan
languageFamily Oto-Manguean languages NERFINISHED
languageShiftPressureFrom Spanish
languageStatus actively spoken in local communities
region northern Oaxaca
spokenBy Mazatec people NERFINISHED
spokenIn Jalapa de Díaz NERFINISHED
Mexico
Oaxaca NERFINISHED
subfamilyOf Mazatecan languages NERFINISHED
usedBy indigenous communities in Jalapa de Díaz municipality
usedIn everyday communication among Mazatec people in Jalapa de Díaz
local religious practices
traditional oral literature
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Jalapa de Díaz Mazatec hasAlternativeName Mazateco de Jalapa de Díaz