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Mazatlán Mazatec

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Native to
  
Mexico

Native speakers
  
12,000 (2000)

Glottolog
  
maza1296

Region
  
Oaxaca

ISO 639-3
  
vmz

Language family
  
Oto-Manguean Popolocan Mazatecan Lowland Valley Southern Mazatlán Mazatec

Mazatlán Mazatec is a Mazatecan language spoken in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, in the town of Mazatlán Villa de Flores. 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.

References

Mazatlán Mazatec Wikipedia