Mazatec, Jalapa de Díaz

A language of Mexico

ISO 639: maj
Alternate Names: Jalapa Mazatec, Lowland Mazatec, Mazateco de San Felipe Jalapa de Díaz, Mazateco del Este Bajo
Autonym: Kinꞌekꞌatiya, Ntaxjo̱
Population: 17,500 (2000 INALI). Total Mazatec speakers: 237,000 (2020 INEGI). 4,030 monolinguals.
Location:: Oaxaca and Veracruz states: 13 towns.
Language Status: 6a (Vigorous).
Classification: Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Popolocan, Mazatec
Dialects: None known. 73% intelligibility of Huautla [mau] (most similar), 62% of Ixcatlán [mzi], 51% of Soyaltepec [vmp], 46% of San Jerónimo Tecóatl [maa], 35% of Mazatlán [vmz]. Lexical similarity: 82% with Ixcatlán, San Mateo Eloxochitlán [mau] and San Miguel Hualtepec; 80% with Soyaltepec, 74% with Huautla [mau].
Typology: VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.
Language Use: Used by all. Also use Spanish [spa].
Language Development: Literacy rate in L2: 5%. Literature. NT: 2015.
Language Resources: OLAC resources in and about Mazatec, Jalapa de Díaz
Writing: Latin script [Latn].

Location: Oaxaca and Veracruz states: 13 towns.