Mazatlán Mazatec | |
Also Known As: | (Mazatlán Villa de Flores) |
States: | Mexico |
Region: | Oaxaca |
Speakers: | 12,000 |
Date: | 2000 |
Ref: | e18 |
Familycolor: | American |
Fam3: | Mazatecan |
Fam4: | Lowland |
Fam5: | Valley |
Fam6: | Southern |
Iso3: | vmz |
Glotto: | maza1296 |
Glottorefname: | Mazatlan Mazatec |
Mazatlán Mazatec is a Mazatecan language spoken in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, in the town of Mazatlán Villa de Flores.[1] Egland (1978) found 80% intelligibility with Tecóatl and 78% with Huautla, the prestige variety of Mazatec.
See Mazatecan languages for a detailed description of these languages.