Jalapa De Díaz Mazatec
Jalapa De Díaz Mazatec is an Otomanguean language spoken in Mexico. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Jalapa Mazatec is a Mazatecan language. An estimate from 1990 suggested it was spoken by 15,000 people, one-third of whom are monolingual, in 13 villages in the vicinity of the town of San Felipe Jalapa de Díaz in the Tuxtepec District of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. A 2016 study, published in 2019, estimated the Mazatec dialects to have 220,000 speakers. Egland (1978) found 73% intelligibility with Huautla, the prestige variety of Mazatec. Literacy in Jalapa is taught alongside Spanish in local schools.
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Words in Jalapa De Díaz Mazatec
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | Suta* | |
| name | h7ai* | |
| eye | tunku* | |
| ear | tawaSi5hu* | |
| nose | nathu* | |
| tooth | ni7iu* | |
| tongue | nhai* | |
| hand | ncha* | |
| blood | hni* | |
| bone | ninta* | |
| skin | thawaSi* | |
| knee | ku* | |
| breast | Ciki* | |
| liver | Chanka* | |
| water | nta* | |
| fire | nd7i* | |
| sun | c7iu* | |
| star | ni5u* | |
| stone | ndhio* | |
| mountain | naSi* | |
| tree | ya* | |
| leaf | Ska* | |
| night | nisthi* | |
| dog | na5a* | |
| fish | ti* | |
| louse | nati* | |
| one | nku* | |
| two | ho* | |
| I | a* | |
| you | hi* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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- Soyaltepec MazatecOtomanguean69% alike
- Ayautla MazatecOtomanguean69% alike
- Ixcatlán MazatecOtomanguean69% alike
- San Jerónimo Tecóatl MazatecOtomanguean66% alike
- Huautla MazatecOtomanguean59% alike
- Chiquihuitlán MazatecOtomanguean51% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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