Mazatec, Chiquihuitlán

MAQ

threatened

Alternate Names: Mazateco de San Juan Chiquihuitlán, Mazateco del sur

Dialects: None known. 47% intelligibility of Huautla , (most similar), 37% of Ayautla ,, 29% of Soyaltepec ,, 20% of Ixcatlán ,.

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Eastern Otomanguean
Popolocan-Zapotecan
Popolocan
Mazatec

Demographics: 1,500 (2000 INALI). 340 monolinguals.

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

Language Development: Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1991.

Typology: VSO (with fronting of S or O for focus); clitics, affixes; tonal.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico