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Ethnologue > Web version > Country index > Americas > Mexico > Mazatec, Ixcatlán

Mazatec, Ixcatlán

A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3mzi

Population  10,600 (2005). 23% monolinguals.
Region  Oaxaca, Chichicazapa, Nuevo Ixcatlán, San Pedro Ixcatlán towns.
Language map  Southern Central Mexico, reference number 162
Alternate names   Mazateco de San Pedro Ixcatlán
Dialects  76% intelligibility with Huautla (most similar). Different from Ixcatec. Lexical similarity 78% with Huautla [mau], 86% with San Mateo Eloxochitlán [mau], 85% with San Miguel Hualtepec and Soyaltepec [vmp], 82% with Jalapa de Díaz [maj].
Classification  Oto-Manguean, Popolocan, Mazatecan
Language use  Most also use Spanish.
Writing system  Latin script.

Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:

Academic Publications

GUDSCHINSKY, Sarah Caroline, author. 1956. Proto-Mazatec structure.