Choapan Zapotec
Choapan Zapotec is an Otomanguean language spoken in Mexico. Glottolog rates it shifting.
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Choápam Zapotec (Zapoteco de Choápam; in Veracruz Zapoteco de San Juan Comaltepec) is a Zapotec language of Oaxaca, Mexico. Historical accounts suggest that Zapotec people arrived in the area of Choapam only a generation or two before the Spanish conquest, conquering what was previously Mixe territory.
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Words in Choapan Zapotec
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | benE7* | |
| name | lao* | |
| eye | lao* | |
| ear | naga* | |
| nose | Skin* | |
| tooth | ley* | |
| tongue | luji* | |
| hand | na7* | |
| blood | ren* | |
| bone | Cita* | |
| skin | gidi* | |
| knee | Zibi* | |
| breast | Ziji* | |
| liver | laSta7oZe* | |
| water | nisa | |
| fire | gi7* | |
| sun | obica* | |
| star | belo* | |
| stone | gio* | |
| mountain | gya7* | |
| tree | yaga* | |
| leaf | laga7* | |
| night | rce7* | |
| dog | beko7* | |
| fish | bela* | |
| louse | bECi7* | |
| one | tu* | |
| two | Copa* | |
| I | nEdi7* | |
| you | lwE7* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- ZapotecOtomanguean50% alike
- Aloápam ZapotecOtomanguean49% alike
- Cajonos ZapotecOtomanguean48% alike
- Yareni ZapotecOtomanguean48% alike
- Yatzachi ZapotecOtomanguean46% alike
- Zoogocho ZapotecOtomanguean45% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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