Mazatlán Mazatec Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. See Egland (1978). Ethnologue 17 lists the towns of Tecóatl Mazatec.