Mazatec languages

E197857
Otomanguean language language group

The Mazatec languages are a group of closely related indigenous Otomanguean languages spoken primarily by the Mazatec people in the northern region of Oaxaca, Mexico.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Mazatecan languages 7
Mazatec languages canonical 6
Mazatec language 4

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Otomanguean language ⓘ
language group ⓘ
branchOf Popoluca languages ⓘ
surface form: Popolocan languages
country Mexico ⓘ
endangeredStatus definitely endangered in some varieties ⓘ
vulnerable ⓘ
geographicDistribution Sierra Madre de Oaxaca ⓘ
surface form: Sierra Mazateca

Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley margins ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Mazatec languages ⓘ
surface form: Mazatecan languages

Mazatec languages ⓘ
surface form: Mazateco languages
hasEthnologueCode maz (macrolanguage) ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature complex verb morphology ⓘ
nasalization contrasts ⓘ
phonemic glottalization ⓘ
phonemic tone ⓘ
tonal language ⓘ
vowel length contrasts ⓘ
whistled speech ⓘ
hasMember Ayautla Mazatec ⓘ
Chiquihuitlán Mazatec ⓘ
Eloxochitlán Mazatec ⓘ
Huautla Mazatec ⓘ
Ixcatlán Mazatec ⓘ
Jalapa Mazatec ⓘ
Mazatlán Villa de Flores Mazatec ⓘ
San Jerónimo Tecóatl Mazatec ⓘ
Huautla Mazatec ⓘ
surface form: San Miguel Huautla Mazatec

Soyaltepec Mazatec ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Latin script
iso639-5Code omq ⓘ
languageFamily Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
surface form: Oto-Manguean
primaryRegion Sierra Madre de Oaxaca region ⓘ
surface form: northern Oaxaca
recognizedAs macrolanguage in ISO 639-3 ⓘ
relatedTo Chocho language ⓘ
Ixcatec language ⓘ
Popoluca languages ⓘ
surface form: Popoloca languages
spokenBy Mazatec ⓘ
surface form: Mazatec people
spokenIn Mexico ⓘ
Oaxaca ⓘ
Puebla ⓘ
Veracruz ⓘ
subclassOf Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
indigenous languages of the Americas ⓘ
languages of Mexico ⓘ
usedBy indigenous communities ⓘ
usedFor whistled communication ⓘ
usedIn oral literature ⓘ
traditional medicine practices ⓘ
traditional rituals ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oaxaca → hasRecognizedIndigenousLanguages → Mazatec languages ⓘ
State of Oaxaca → hasIndigenousLanguages → Mazatec languages ⓘ
Mazatec languages → hasAlternativeName → Mazatec languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mazatecan languages
Mazatec languages → hasAlternativeName → Mazatec languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mazateco languages
Region of Papaloapan → languageDiversity → Mazatec languages ⓘ
Popoloca → closelyRelatedTo → Mazatec languages ⓘ
Ixcatlán Mazatec → subclassOf → Mazatec languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mazatec language
Ixcatlán Mazatec → partOf → Mazatec languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mazatecan languages
Huautla Mazatec → subdivisionOf → Mazatec languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mazatec language
Mazatlán Villa de Flores Mazatec → subdivisionOf → Mazatec languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mazatec language
Mazatlán Villa de Flores Mazatec → memberOf → Mazatec languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mazatecan languages
Mazatlán Villa de Flores Mazatec → hasAncestor → Mazatec languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Mazatecan
Jalapa de Díaz Mazatec → subfamilyOf → Mazatec languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mazatecan languages
Huautla de Jiménez region → language → Mazatec languages ⓘ
Chiquihuitlán Mazatec → subfamilyOf → Mazatec languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mazatecan languages
Ayautla Mazatec → subdivisionOf → Mazatec languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mazatec language
Soyaltepec Mazatec → partOf → Mazatec languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mazatecan languages
Oaxaca state → languageUsed → Mazatec languages ⓘ
subject surface form: Oaxaca (state)
Eloxochitlán Mazatec → partOf → Mazatec languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mazatecan languages
Eloxochitlán Mazatec → hasAncestor → Mazatec languages ⓘ
this entity surface form: Proto-Mazatecan