Mazatec

E80407

Mesoamerican language Oto-Manguean language indigenous language language cluster

Mazatec is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language (or group of closely related languages) spoken primarily by the Mazatec people in the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Puebla, and Veracruz.

Aliases (1)

Mazatec people ×4

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mesoamerican language → Oto-Manguean language → indigenous language → language cluster →
closelyRelatedTo	Chocho → Ixcatec → Popoloca →
country	Mexico →
endangeredStatusSource	UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger →
ethnicGroup	Mazatec people →
family	Oto-Manguean →
hasDialect	Ayautla Mazatec → Chiquihuitlán Mazatec → Eloxochitlán Mazatec → Huautla Mazatec → Ixcatlán Mazatec → Jalapa de Díaz Mazatec → Mazatlán Villa de Flores Mazatec → Soyaltepec Mazatec →
hasFeature	complex verb morphology → nasalization contrast → phonemic tone → tonal language →
hasGlottocode	maza1291 →
hasISO639Code	maz →
hasMorphosyntacticAlignment	head-marking →
hasPhonologicalFeature	complex tone sandhi → contrastive vowel length →
hasWordOrder	flexible word order →
languageFamilyBranch	Eastern Oto-Manguean →
languageStatus	vulnerable →
linguisticArea	Mesoamerican Linguistic Area →
region	Huautla de Jiménez region → Sierra Mazateca →
spokenIn	Mexico → Oaxaca NERFINISHED → Puebla NERFINISHED → Veracruz →
subclassOf	Oto-Manguean languages →
subfamily	Popolocan →
usedBy	Mazatec communities in Oaxaca → Mazatec communities in Puebla → Mazatec communities in Veracruz →
usedFor	everyday communication → oral literature → traditional rituals →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mazatec ("Mazatec people") →	ethnicGroup
Oaxaca ("Mazatec people") →	hasIndigenousGroup
Veracruz →	hasIndigenousLanguages
Oto-Manguean languages →	hasMemberLanguage
indigenous peoples of Mexico ("Mazatec people") →	majorEthnicGroup
Zapotec →	neighboringCulture
Chinantec communities ("Mazatec people") →	relatedEthnicGroup