Amatlán Zapotec
Amatlán Zapotec is an Otomanguean language spoken in Mexico.
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Amatlán Zapotec (Northeastern Miahuatlán Zapotec) is a Zapotec language spoken in southern Oaxaca, Mexico, in the municipalities of San Cristóbal Amatlán and San Francisco Logueche, in the district of Miahuatlán. Although the towns' residents speak different dialects, the dialects are mutually intelligible.
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Words in Amatlán Zapotec
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | miet* | |
| name | le* | |
| eye | lo* | |
| ear | nZa* | |
| nose | Si7* | |
| tooth | keley* | |
| tongue | luZ* | |
| hand | ya7* | |
| blood | ren* | |
| bone | Zit* | |
| skin | yid* | |
| knee | Suk* | |
| breast | laz* | |
| liver | leSto7* | |
| water | nis | |
| fire | bal* | |
| sun | mbiZ* | |
| star | mbal* | |
| stone | ke* | |
| mountain | yi* | |
| tree | yag* | |
| leaf | lag* | |
| night | yal* | |
| dog | bak* | |
| fish | mbal* | |
| louse | mbeC* | |
| one | tub* | |
| two | Cop* | |
| I | na* | |
| you | lu* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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