Huautla Mazatec

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Huautla Mazatec is a variant of the Mazatec language spoken primarily in and around Huautla de Jiménez in Oaxaca, Mexico.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mazatec language variety
Oto-Manguean language
indigenous language of Mexico
belongsToEthnicGroup Mazatec
country Mexico
endangermentFactors language shift to Spanish
geographicCenter Huautla de Jiménez
surface form: Huautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca
hasAlternativeName Huautla Mazatec
surface form: Huautla de Jiménez Mazatec

Mazateco de Huautla
Mazateco de Huautla
surface form: Mazateco de Huautla de Jiménez
hasDomain everyday communication in Huautla de Jiménez
hasFeature aspect-based verbal system
clausal tone sandhi
complex phonation contrasts
nasalization contrasts
phonemic tone
polysynthetic morphology
rich verbal inflection
tonal language
verb–subject–object basic word order (VSO)
vowel length contrasts
hasLinguisticResearch descriptive grammars
phonological studies
text collections
hasPhonologicalFeature breathy vowels
contour tones
laryngealized vowels
multiple tone levels
hasSociolinguisticStatus minority language in Mexico
hasTransmissionPattern intergenerational transmission decreasing in some communities
hasUsageTrend increasing influence of Spanish lexicon
isEndangered true
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith nearby Mazatec varieties to a limited degree
isPartOf Mazatecan subgroup of Oto-Manguean
languageFamily Oto-Manguean languages
languageFamilyHigher Oto-Manguean languages
surface form: Oto-Manguean
primaryRegion Sierra Mazateca
regionType highland variety
spokenIn Huautla de Jiménez
Mexico
Oaxaca
subdivisionOf Mazatec languages
surface form: Mazatec language
subfamily Popoloca
surface form: Popolocan branch
usedBy Mazatec people
usedIn local religious practices
oral storytelling
traditional rituals of Mazatec people
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Mazatec hasDialect Huautla Mazatec
Mazatec languages hasMember Huautla Mazatec
Mazatec languages hasMember Huautla Mazatec
this entity surface form: San Miguel Huautla Mazatec
Ixcatlán Mazatec relatedTo Huautla Mazatec
Huautla Mazatec hasAlternativeName Huautla Mazatec
this entity surface form: Huautla de Jiménez Mazatec
Jalapa de Díaz Mazatec isDistinctFrom Huautla Mazatec