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Mazatec, Jalapa de Díaz

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3: maj

Population	24,200 (2005). 23% monolinguals.
Region	North Oaxaca and Veracruz. 13 towns.
Language map	Southern Central Mexico, reference number 168
Alternate names	Lowland Mazatec, Mazateco de San Felipe Jalapa de Díaz
Dialects	73% intelligibility with Huautla [mau] (most similar), 62% with Ixcatlán [mzi], 51% with Soyaltepec [vmp], 46% with San Jerónimo Tecóatl [maa], 35% with Mazatlán [vmz]. Lexical similarity 82% with Ixcatlán, San Mateo Eloxochitlán [mau], and San Miguel Hualtepec; 80% with Soyaltepec, 74% with Huautla [mau].
Classification	Oto-Manguean, Popolocan, Mazatecan
Language development	Literacy rate in L1: Below 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 5%. Bible portions: 1968–2002.
Writing system	Latin script.
Comments	VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal. Swidden, peasant agriculturalists.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

Kirk, Paul L. 1959. "A note on morphemic fusion and empty morphs."

Kirk, Paul L. 1966. "Social vs. consanguineal distance as reflected by Mazatec kinship terminology."

Kirk, Paul L. 1966. Proto-Mazatec phonology.

Kirk, Paul L. 1970. "Dialect intelligibility testing: The Mazatec study."

Schram, Judith L. and Eunice V. Pike. 1978. "Vowel fusion in Mazatec of Jalapa de Diaz."

Schram, Judith L. and Linda K. Jones. 1979. "Participant reference in narrative discourse in Mazatec of Jalapa de Diaz."  

Schram, Terry L. 1979. "Tense, tense embedding, and theme in discourse in Mazatec of Jalapa de Diaz."  

Schram, Terry L. 1979. "Theme in a Mazatec story."  

Schram, Terry L. and Judith L. Schram, editors. 1979. "About the thunderman (Tsʼe̱ nda̱chʼo̱n): Mazatec of Jalapa de Diaz."  

Vernacular Publications

Ti̱nchíyai xu̱ju̱n (Lecciones de lectura y escritura). 2007.

Xu̱ju̱n én ntáxjo̱ = Narraciones Mazatecas con glosario: Mazateco de Jalapa de Díaz y español. 2008.  

Xu̱ju̱n énchá (Relatos varios). 2007.