Jalapa Mazatec

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Jalapa Mazatec is an indigenous Mazatecan language spoken primarily in and around Jalapa de Díaz in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.

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Label Occurrences
Jalapa Mazatec canonical 4

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mazatecan language
Oto-Manguean language
indigenous language
closelyRelatedTo other Mazatec varieties of Oaxaca
country Mexico
endangermentStatus definitely endangered
ethnicGroup Mazatec people NERFINISHED
glottocode jala1260
hasAlternativeName Mazateco de Jalapa NERFINISHED
Mazateco de Jalapa de Díaz NERFINISHED
hasDialect varieties spoken in surrounding villages of Jalapa de Díaz
hasFeature complex phonation contrasts
nasalization contrasts
phonemic tone
tonal language
whistled speech tradition
hasLoanwordsFrom Spanish NERFINISHED
hasPhonologicalFeature contrastive breathy voice
contrastive creaky voice
multiple level and contour tones
hasResearchOn morphosyntax
phonology
tone
whistled speech
influencedBy Spanish NERFINISHED
ISO639-3 maj
isSpokenBy several thousand speakers
isSubjectOf descriptive grammars
phonetic studies
tone and phonation research
languageBranch Mazatecan
languageFamily Oto-Manguean NERFINISHED
languageStatus vulnerable
notMutuallyIntelligibleWith Chiquihuitlán Mazatec NERFINISHED
Huautla Mazatec NERFINISHED
partOfLanguageFamily Oto-Manguean language family NERFINISHED
primaryWordOrder verb–subject–object
region Sierra Mazateca NERFINISHED
spokenIn Jalapa de Díaz NERFINISHED
Mexico NERFINISHED
Oaxaca NERFINISHED
subfamilyOf Mazatecan languages NERFINISHED
usedBy indigenous communities in Jalapa de Díaz
usedIn everyday communication in Jalapa de Díaz
local religious practices
oral tradition
writingSystem Latin alphabet
surface form: Latin script

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Mazatec languages hasMember Jalapa Mazatec
Ixcatlán Mazatec relatedTo Jalapa Mazatec