Yatzachi Zapotec
Yatzachi Zapotec is an Otomanguean language spoken in United States and Mexico, by about 2,500 people. Glottolog rates it threatened.
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Yatzachi Zapotec is an Oto-Manguean language of the Zapotecan branch, spoken in northern central Oaxaca, Mexico. 2,500 self-reported being Yatzachi speakers for the 1990 Mexican census, but the actual number of speakers is unknown. The Yatzachi dialect belongs to the Villa Alta group of Zapotec dialects, of which the main dialect is San Bartolomé Zoogocho. The degree of mutual intelligibility between Yatzachi and the San Bartolomé Zoogocho dialect is estimated to be around 90 percent.
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Words in Yatzachi Zapotec
| Meaning | Word | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| person | ben37* | |
| name | la* | |
| eye | lao* | |
| ear | yidnag* | |
| nose | Si7in* | |
| tooth | ley* | |
| tongue | loZ37* | |
| hand | na7* | |
| blood | Cen* | |
| bone | Zit* | |
| skin | yid* | |
| knee | bjekwSib* | |
| breast | SiZ37* | |
| liver | Sjet3* | |
| water | nis | |
| fire | yi7* | |
| sun | bgiS* | |
| star | belXw* | |
| stone | yeX* | |
| mountain | ya7a* | |
| tree | yag* | |
| leaf | lag37* | |
| night | yel* | |
| dog | beko7* | |
| fish | bel* | |
| horse | cabey | |
| louse | beS37* | |
| one | to* | |
| two | jop3* | |
| I | nada7* |
* in the simplified ASJP transcription
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Vocabulary
- Zoogocho ZapotecOtomanguean80% alike
- Cajonos ZapotecOtomanguean66% alike
- Choapan ZapotecOtomanguean46% alike
- Yalálag ZapotecOtomanguean39% alike
- Mitla ZapotecOtomanguean35% alike
- Amatlán ZapotecOtomanguean34% alike
Grammar
- Ocotlán ZapotecOtomanguean84% alike
- Zoogocho ZapotecOtomanguean82% alike
- Tataltepec ChatinoOtomanguean82% alike
- Tanudan KalingaAustronesian81% alike
- IwaidjaIwaidjan Proper80% alike
- Sierra de Juárez ZapotecOtomanguean80% alike
Vocabulary compares 40 basic words (ASJP); grammar compares 195 features (Grambank). Similar is not always related.
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