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Mazatecan language of Oaxaca, Mexico
Mazatlán Mazatec
(Mazatlán Villa de Flores)
Native toMexico
RegionOaxaca
Native speakers12,000 (2000)
Language familyOto-Manguean
Language codes
ISO 639-3vmz
Glottologmaza1296

Mazatlán Mazatec is a Mazatecan language spoken in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, in the town of Mazatlán Villa de Flores. Egland (1978) found 80% intelligibility with Tecóatl and 78% with Huautla, the prestige variety of Mazatec.

See Mazatecan languages for a detailed description of these languages.

References

  1. ^ Mazatlán Mazatec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. See Egland (1978). Ethnologue 17 lists the towns of Tecóatl Mazatec.
Mazatecan language(s)
Oto-Manguean languages
Western
Oto-Pamean
Otomian
Mazahua
Otomi
Matlatzincan
Pamean
Chinantecan
Tlapanecan
Manguean
Eastern
Popolocan
Zapotecan
Chatino
Zapotec
Northern
Sierra Juárez
Rincón
Cajonos
Other
Southern
Cis-Yautepec
Coatec
Central
Trans-Yautepec
Western Valley
Other
Other
Amuzgoan
Mixtecan
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