Mazatec, Jalapa de Díaz

MAJ

vigorous

Alternate Names: Lowland Mazatec, Mazateco de San Felipe Jalapa de Díaz, Mazateco del este bajo

Dialects: None known. 73% intelligibility of Huautla , (most similar), 62% of Ixcatlán ,, 51% of Soyaltepec ,, 46% of San Jerónimo Tecóatl ,, 35% of Mazatlán ,. Lexical similarity: 82% with Ixcatlán, San Mateo Eloxochitlán , and San Miguel Hualtepec; 80% with Soyaltepec, 74% with Huautla ,.

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Eastern Otomanguean
Popolocan-Zapotecan
Popolocan
Mazatec

Demographics: 17,500 (2000 INALI). 4,030 monolinguals.

Language Use: All ages. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development: Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%. NT: 2013.

Typology: VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico