Texmelucan Zapotec
Texmelucan Zapotec is an Otomanguean language spoken in Mexico.
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Texmelucan Zapotec (Central Sola de Vega Zapotec) is an Oto-Manguean language of the San Lorenzo Texmelucan Municipality in western Oaxaca, Mexico (settlements of Benito Juárez, Ciénega del Río, El Arador, El Carrizal, El Ojo de Agua, El Palo de Lima, El Papayo (Río Papayo), El Ratón, El Suchil, Feliciano Martínez, La Calandria, Llano Verde, Llano Verde, Los Sabinos, Manantial de Agua, Naranjales, Piedra Blanca, Piedra de la Señora, Pueblo Nuevo, Rincón de Talea, Río Limar, Río Nube (El Platanar), Río Pescadito, Río Tambor, Río Tigre, Río de Talea, San José, Barrio de Totopostle, and San Lorenzo Texmelucan). It is a divergent Zapotec language, having only 10% intelligibility with its closest relative, Zaniza Zapotec. Both go by the name Papabuco.
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Words in Texmelucan Zapotec
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | mbeky* | |
| name | la* | |
| eye | urlo* | |
| ear | gyidag* | |
| tooth | lay* | |
| tongue | lyuj* | |
| blood | reny* | |
| bone | rit* | |
| skin | gyid* | |
| knee | tib* | |
| breast | lyuS* | |
| liver | lagy* | |
| water | nis | |
| fire | gyi* | |
| sun | do7* | |
| star | bel* | |
| stone | gyita7* | |
| mountain | biky* | |
| tree | yag* | |
| leaf | lyag* | |
| night | rel* | |
| dog | Ce7* | |
| fish | bel* | |
| louse | pki* | |
| one | tub* | |
| I | ya* | |
| you | ru* | |
| we | na* | |
| see | zak* | |
| new | kub* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Ayoquesco ZapotecOtomanguean46% alike
- Mixtepec ZapotecOtomanguean42% alike
- Xanaguía ZapotecOtomanguean41% alike
- Quioquitani-Quieri ZapotecOtomanguean37% alike
- San Pedro Quiatoni ZapotecOtomanguean36% alike
- Tilquiapan ZapotecOtomanguean36% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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