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Mazaltepec Zapotec

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Mazaltepec Zapotec
(Santo Tomás Mazaltepec)
Native toMexico
RegionOaxaca
Native speakers
(2,200 cited 1990 census)[1]
Oto-Manguean
Language codes
ISO 639-3zpy
Glottologmaza1294
ELPEtla

Mazaltepec Zapotec, also known as Etla Zapotec, is a divergent Zapotec language of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It stands apart from other varieties of Zapotec; it has only 10% intelligibility with San Juan Guelavía Zapotec (at least with some varieties, as that may not be a single language), but zero intelligibility with other varieties of Zapotec that have been tested. The moribund Tejalapan Zapotec may be closer.

References

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  1. ^ Mazaltepec Zapotec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)