Mazateco de Jalapa de Díaz

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Mazatecan language variety Oto-Manguean language indigenous language of Mexico

Mazateco de Jalapa de Díaz is a Mazatecan language variety spoken by the Mazatec people in and around Jalapa de Díaz in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Mazateco de Jalapa de Díaz canonical	3
Mazatec of Jalapa de Díaz	1
Mazateco de Jalapa	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13476410 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mazateco de Jalapa de Díaz
Context triple: [Jalapa de Díaz Mazatec, hasAlternativeName, Mazateco de Jalapa de Díaz]

A. Mazateco de Huautla
Mazateco de Huautla is a Mazatecan language variety spoken primarily in and around Huautla de Jiménez in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.
B. Capulálpam de Méndez
Capulálpam de Méndez is a historic Zapotec mountain town in Oaxaca, Mexico, renowned as a Pueblo Mágico for its well-preserved colonial architecture, community forestry, and ecotourism.
C. Jalapa-Enríquez
Jalapa-Enríquez is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz, known for its colonial architecture, cultural institutions, and role as a regional political and economic center.
D. Huautla de Jiménez
Huautla de Jiménez is a town in the Sierra Mazateca region of Oaxaca, Mexico, known for its indigenous Mazatec culture and traditional use of psychedelic mushrooms.
E. Chiautla
Chiautla is a municipality and town in the State of Mexico, known for its traditional festivals and location within the eastern part of the Mexico City metropolitan area.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mazateco de Jalapa de Díaz
Target entity description: Mazateco de Jalapa de Díaz is a Mazatecan language variety spoken by the Mazatec people in and around Jalapa de Díaz in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.

A. Mazateco de Huautla
Mazateco de Huautla is a Mazatecan language variety spoken primarily in and around Huautla de Jiménez in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.
B. Capulálpam de Méndez
Capulálpam de Méndez is a historic Zapotec mountain town in Oaxaca, Mexico, renowned as a Pueblo Mágico for its well-preserved colonial architecture, community forestry, and ecotourism.
C. Jalapa-Enríquez
Jalapa-Enríquez is a city in the Mexican state of Veracruz, known for its colonial architecture, cultural institutions, and role as a regional political and economic center.
D. Huautla de Jiménez
Huautla de Jiménez is a town in the Sierra Mazateca region of Oaxaca, Mexico, known for its indigenous Mazatec culture and traditional use of psychedelic mushrooms.
E. Chiautla
Chiautla is a municipality and town in the State of Mexico, known for its traditional festivals and location within the eastern part of the Mexico City metropolitan area.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mazatecan language variety ⓘ Oto-Manguean language ⓘ indigenous language of Mexico ⓘ
belongsTo	Mazatec macrolanguage ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo	Mazatec of Ayautla ⓘ linked to: Mazateco de Eloxochitlán Mazatec of Huautla ⓘ linked to: Mazateco de Huautla
coexistsWith	Spanish in Jalapa de Díaz ⓘ linked to: Jalapa de Díaz Mazatec
country	Mexico ⓘ
endangeredStatus	vulnerable ⓘ
ethnicity	Mazatec ⓘ linked to: Mazatec people
geographicDistribution	town of Jalapa de Díaz and surrounding communities in Oaxaca ⓘ
glottocode	jala1261 ⓘ
glottologName	Jalapa de Díaz Mazatec ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Jalapa Mazatec ⓘ Mazatec of Jalapa de Díaz ⓘ linked to: Mazateco de Jalapa de Díaz
hasDomain	home and community domains ⓘ
hasISO639-3Code	maj ⓘ
hasLinguisticTypology	head-marking language ⓘ tonal language ⓘ
hasMorphology	complex verbal morphology ⓘ
hasPhonologicalFeature	complex vowel system ⓘ phonemic nasalization ⓘ tone ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticFeature	intergenerational transmission still present but weakening in some areas ⓘ
hasWordOrder	flexible word order with verb-initial tendencies ⓘ
isPartOf	Oto-Manguean language family ⓘ linked to: Oto-Manguean languages
isSubjectOf	descriptive linguistic studies on Mazatecan languages ⓘ
languageBranch	Mazatecan ⓘ
languageFamily	Oto-Manguean languages ⓘ
languageShiftPressureFrom	Spanish ⓘ
languageStatus	actively spoken in local communities ⓘ
region	northern Oaxaca ⓘ
spokenBy	Mazatec people ⓘ
spokenIn	Jalapa de Díaz ⓘ Mexico ⓘ Oaxaca ⓘ
subfamilyOf	Mazatecan languages ⓘ linked to: Mazatec languages
usedBy	indigenous communities in Jalapa de Díaz municipality ⓘ
usedIn	everyday communication among Mazatec people in Jalapa de Díaz ⓘ local religious practices ⓘ traditional oral literature ⓘ
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.

Jalapa de Díaz Mazatec → hasAlternativeName → Mazateco de Jalapa de Díaz ⓘ

Jalapa Mazatec → hasAlternativeName → Mazateco de Jalapa de Díaz ⓘ

Jalapa Mazatec → hasAlternativeName → Mazateco de Jalapa ⓘ

linked to: Mazateco de Jalapa de Díaz

Mazateco de Huautla → isNotSameAs → Mazateco de Jalapa de Díaz ⓘ

Mazateco de Jalapa de Díaz → hasAlternativeName → Mazatec of Jalapa de Díaz ⓘ