Eloxochitlán Mazatec

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Eloxochitlán Mazatec is a regional variety of the Mazatec language spoken in and around the town of Eloxochitlán in Oaxaca, Mexico.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mazatec language variety
Oto-Manguean language variety
regional language variety
belongsTo indigenous languages of Mexico
indigenous languages of Oaxaca
country Mexico
ethnicity Mazatec
linked to: Mazatec people
hasAlternativeName Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón Mazatec
Mazateco de Eloxochitlán
hasAncestor Proto-Mazatecan
linked to: Mazatec languages

Proto-Oto-Manguean
hasDialects local village varieties
hasDomain Mesoamerican linguistic area
hasMorphologicalType fusional-analytic
hasPhonologicalFeature complex vowel system
phonemic nasalization
tone
hasSociolinguisticSituation language shift toward Spanish
hasSpeakerCommunity Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón and surrounding communities
hasWordOrder flexible word order
isEndangered true
isMutuallyIntelligibleWith other Mazatec varieties (partial intelligibility)
isRecognizedBy linguists studying Mazatecan languages
isSpokenBy Mazatec people
isSubjectOf descriptive linguistic studies
languageBranch Mazatecan
languageFamily Oto-Manguean
languageStatus minority language
partOf Mazatecan languages
linked to: Mazatec languages

Oto-Manguean languages
region Sierra Mazateca
northern Oaxaca
spokenIn Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón
Mexico
Oaxaca
linked to: Oaxaca state
subclassOf Mazatec language
usedFor everyday communication
oral tradition
ritual practices
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

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Mazatec hasDialect Eloxochitlán Mazatec
Mazatec languages hasMember Eloxochitlán Mazatec
Eloxochitlán Mazatec hasAlternativeName Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón Mazatec
linked to: Eloxochitlán Mazatec