Mazatec

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Mazatec is an indigenous Oto-Manguean language (or group of closely related languages) spoken primarily by the Mazatec people in the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Puebla, and Veracruz.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mazatec people 8
Mazatec canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesoamerican language
Oto-Manguean language
indigenous language
language cluster
closelyRelatedTo Chocho
Ixcatec
Popoloca
country Mexico
endangeredStatusSource UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
ethnicGroup Mazatec people
linked to: Mazatec
family Oto-Manguean
hasDialect Ayautla Mazatec
Chiquihuitlán Mazatec
Eloxochitlán Mazatec
Huautla Mazatec
Ixcatlán Mazatec
Jalapa de Díaz Mazatec
Mazatlán Villa de Flores Mazatec
Soyaltepec Mazatec
hasFeature complex verb morphology
nasalization contrast
phonemic tone
tonal language
hasGlottocode maza1291
hasISO639Code maz
hasMorphosyntacticAlignment head-marking
hasPhonologicalFeature complex tone sandhi
contrastive vowel length
hasWordOrder flexible word order
languageFamilyBranch Eastern Oto-Manguean
languageStatus vulnerable
linguisticArea Mesoamerican Linguistic Area
region Huautla de Jiménez region
Sierra Mazateca
spokenIn Mexico
Oaxaca
Puebla
Veracruz
subclassOf Oto-Manguean languages
subfamily Popolocan
linked to: Popoloca
usedBy Mazatec communities in Oaxaca
Mazatec communities in Puebla
Mazatec communities in Veracruz
usedFor everyday communication
oral literature
traditional rituals
writingSystem Latin script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oaxaca hasIndigenousGroup Mazatec people
linked to: Mazatec
Zapotec neighboringCulture Mazatec
indigenous peoples of Mexico majorEthnicGroup Mazatec people
linked to: Mazatec
Mazatec ethnicGroup Mazatec people
linked to: Mazatec
Chinantec communities relatedEthnicGroup Mazatec people
linked to: Mazatec
Zapotec people relatedEthnicGroup Mazatec people
linked to: Mazatec
Mazatec languages spokenBy Mazatec people
linked to: Mazatec
Region of Papaloapan hasIndigenousCultures Mazatec people
linked to: Mazatec
Tuxtepec hasIndigenousPresence Mazatec people
linked to: Mazatec
Ayautla Mazatec ethnicGroup Mazatec