MZI ISO 639-3
Mazatec, Ixcatlán
En ningotsie Autonym
A language of Mexico
- ISO 639
- mzi
- Alternate Names
- Mazateco de Presa Bajo, Mazateco de San Pedro Ixcatlán
- Autonym
- En ningotsie
- Population
- 8,590 (2000 INALI). Total Mazatec speakers: 237,000 (2020 INEGI). 1,980 monolinguals.
- Location:
- Oaxaca state: Chichicazapa, Nuevo Ixcatlán, and San Pedro Ixcatlán.
- Language Status
- 6a (Vigorous).
- Classification
- Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Popolocan, Mazatec
- Dialects
- None known. 76% intelligibility of Huautla [mau] (most similar). Different from Ixcatec [ixc]. 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].
- Language Use
- Used by all. Also use Spanish [spa].
- Language Development
- NT: 2015.
- Language Resources
- OLAC resources in and about Mazatec, Ixcatlán
- Writing
- Latin script [Latn].
Also Spoken in
Map
Location: Oaxaca state: Chichicazapa, Nuevo Ixcatlán, and San Pedro Ixcatlán.
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