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Tecóatl Mazatec

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Native to
  
Mexico

Native speakers
  
19,000 (2000)

Glottolog
  
sanj1286

Region
  
Oaxaca, Puebla

ISO 639-3
  
maa

Language family
  
Oto-Manguean Popolocan Mazatecan Highland Western Tecóatl Mazatec

Tecóatl Mazatec, also known as Eloxochitlán Mazatec and Northern Highland Mazatec, is a Mazatecan language spoken in the Mexican states of Oaxaca and Puebla, notably in the towns of San Jerónimo Tecóatl, Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón, San Lucas Zoquiapam, Santa Cruz Acatepec, San Pedro Ocopetatillo, San Lorenzo Cuaunecuiltitla, Santa Ana Ateixtlahuaca, and San Francisco Huehuetlán. Egland (1978) found 76% intelligibility with Huautla, the prestige variety of Mazatec, though SIL reports that speakers of all dialects "have considerable difficulty understanding the prestigious variant spoken in Huautla de Jiménez"

See Mazatecan languages for a detailed description of these languages.

References

Tecóatl Mazatec Wikipedia