Mazatec, Ayautla

VMY

developing

Alternate Names: Mazateco del sureste

Dialects: None known. 80% intelligibility of Huautla ,, 79% of San Miguel Hualtepec, 40% of Soyaltepec ,, 37% of Jalapa ,, 24% of Ixcatlán ,.

Genealogy:

Otomanguean
Eastern Otomanguean
Popolocan-Zapotecan
Popolocan
Mazatec

Demographics: 3,700 (2005 census). 2,800 monolinguals.

Language Use: Prestigious. Vigorous. All domains. All ages.

Language Development: 40 to 50 readers, very few write. There is a bilingual school. NT: 2009.

Writing System: Latin

Nation of Origin: Mexico