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[2] 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"[3]
| Tecóatl Mazatec | |
|---|---|
| (San Jerónimo Tecóatl) | |
| Eloxochitlán Mazatec (Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón) | |
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | Oaxaca, Puebla |
Native speakers | 53,000 (2000–2016)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | Either:maa – Tecóatl Mazatecpbm – Puebla Mazatec |
| Glottolog | sanj1286 |
See Mazatecan languages for a detailed description of these languages.
Phonology
editVowels
editThe San Jerónimo Mazatec dialect contains four vowel sounds; /i e a o/.
Consonants
edit| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Retroflex | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | t | k | ʔ | |||
| Affricate | ts | tʃ | tʂ | |||
| Fricative | s | ʃ | h | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||
| Rhotic | r | |||||
| Approximant | l | j | w |
/w/ may have the allophone /β/.[4]
References
edit- ^ Tecóatl Mazatec at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)
Puebla Mazatec at Ethnologue (21st ed., 2018)
- ^ La inteligibilidad interdialectal en México: Resultados de algunos sondeo. 1978. Online source
- ^ Eloxochitlán Mazatec
- ^ Bull, Brian E. 1983. Constraint-governed rule application: Principles underlying the application of phonological rules in San Jeronimo Mazatec. Linguistics 21. 431-486. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter.
