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Mazaltepec Zapotec

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Native to
  
Mexico

ISO 639-3
  
zpy

Region
  
Oaxaca

Glottolog
  
maza1294

Native speakers
  
(2,200 cited 1990 census)

Language family
  
Oto-Manguean Zapotecan Zapotec Mazaltepec Zapotec

Mazaltepec Zapotec, also known as Etla Zapotec, is a divergent Zapotec language of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It stands apart from other varieties of Zapotec; it has only 10% intelligibility with San Juan GuelavĂ­a Zapotec (at least with some varieties, as that may not be a single language), but zero intelligibility with other varieties of Zapotec that have been tested. The moribund Tejalapan Zapotec may be closer.

References

Mazaltepec Zapotec Wikipedia