Mazateco de Huautla

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Mazateco de Huautla is a Mazatecan language variety spoken primarily in and around Huautla de Jiménez in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Mazateco de Huautla de Jiménez 2
Mazatec of Huautla 1
Mazateco de Huautla canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mazatecan language variety
Oto-Manguean language
indigenous language of Mexico
altName Huautla Mazatec
Mazateco de Huautla de Jiménez
linked to: Mazateco de Huautla
belongsTo indigenous languages of Oaxaca
country Mexico
endangeredStatusSource UNESCO Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger
ethnicGroup Mazatec
linked to: Mazatec people
geographicDistribution Huautla de Jiménez and surrounding communities in Oaxaca
glottologCode huau1242
hasAncestor Proto-Mazatecan
linked to: Mazatec languages

Proto-Oto-Manguean
hasCommunityEfforts local revitalization initiatives
hasFeature complex tone system
phonemic nasalization
tonal language
verb–initial word order (often VSO)
hasISO6393Code mau
hasLinguisticTypology head-marking language
hasMorphologyType fusional–agglutinative morphology
hasPhonologicalFeature complex vowel system
contrastive tone
hasSociolinguisticSituation bilingualism with Spanish
isNotSameAs Mazateco de Chiquihuitlán
Mazateco de Jalapa de Díaz
languageBranch Mazatecan branch of Oto-Manguean
languageFamily Mazatecan
Oto-Manguean
languageOf ritual speech in Huautla de Jiménez
traditional oral literature
languageStatus vulnerable
partOf Mazatecan language family
linked to: Mazatec languages

Oto-Manguean language family
primaryLocality Huautla de Jiménez, Oaxaca
linked to: Huautla de Jiménez
region Sierra Mazateca
spokenIn Huautla de Jiménez
Mexico
Oaxaca
subclassOf Mazatec languages
subjectTo language shift toward Spanish
usedAlongside Spanish
usedBy Mazatec people
usedIn everyday communication in Huautla de Jiménez
writingSystem Latin script
linked to: Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Huautla Mazatec hasAlternativeName Mazateco de Huautla
Huautla Mazatec hasAlternativeName Mazateco de Huautla de Jiménez
linked to: Mazateco de Huautla
Estado Libre y Soberano de Puebla hasIndigenousPeoples mazatecos
linked to: Mazateco de Huautla
Mazateco de Huautla altName Mazateco de Huautla de Jiménez
linked to: Mazateco de Huautla
Mazateco de Jalapa de Díaz closelyRelatedTo Mazatec of Huautla
linked to: Mazateco de Huautla