Rincón Zapotec Explained

Rincón Zapotec
Nativename:Didza Xidza
State:Mexico
Region:northern Oaxaca
Speakers:41,000
Date:1990–2000
Ref:e18
Familycolor:American
Fam1:Oto-Manguean
Fam2:Zapotecan
Fam3:Zapotec
Fam4:Sierra Norte
Fam5:Rincon
Lc1:zar
Ld1:Rincón
Lc2:zsr
Ld2:Southern Rincón
Lc3:zcd
Ld3:Las Delicias
Glotto:rinc1236
Glottorefname:Rincon Zapotec

Rincón Zapotec (Northern Villa Alta Zapotec, Nexitzo) is a Zapotec language of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Temaxcalapan dialect may be distinct enough to be considered a separate language. The next closest language is Choápam Zapotec, with 65% intelligibility.

Las Delicias and Yagallo have approximately 75% similarity.[1]

Phonology

Vowels

CentralBack
Closepronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
Midpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
Openpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/

Consonants

BilabialAlveolarPalatalVelarGlottal
Plosivevoicelesspronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
voicedpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
Affricatevoicelesspronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
voicedpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
Fricativevoicelesspronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
voicedpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
Nasalpronounced as /ink/
Rhoticpronounced as /ink/
Approximantpronounced as /ink/pronounced as /ink/
Sounds such as /f k ʎ m ɲ r v w/ only occur in loanwords from Spanish. A double consonant ll occurs as a geminated /lː/ rather than a palatalized ll from Spanish.

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Notes and References

  1. https://iso639-3.sil.org/sites/iso639-3/files/change_requests/2021/2021-040.pdf