Ayautla Mazatec Explained

Ayautla Mazatec
Also Known As:(San Bartolomé Ayautla)
States:Mexico
Region:Oaxaca
Speakers:3,700
Date:2005 census
Ref:e25
Speakers2:2,800 monolingual
Familycolor:American
Fam3:Mazatecan
Fam4:Highland
Fam5:Western
Iso3:vmy
Glotto:ayau1235
Glottorefname:Ayautla Mazatec

Ayautla Mazatec is a Mazatecan language spoken in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, in the town of San Bartolomé Ayautla. Egland (1978) found 80% intelligibility with Huautla, the prestige variety of Mazatec.

See Mazatecan languages for a detailed description of these languages.