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Where is Mazaltepec Zapotec spoken?

Mazaltepec Zapotec is an Otomanguean language, spoken in Mexico. It is marked on the map by a ringed point.

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Where Mazaltepec Zapotec is spoken

Mazaltepec Zapotec is spoken in one country: Mexico.

Country
Mexico

Mazaltepec Zapotec has no area on the map because no open area map covers it. The ringed point is the position Glottolog gives for the language.

How many people speak Mazaltepec Zapotec?

Wikidata holds no speaker count for this language.

Status: Shifting. Glottolog lists it as shifting: the youngest speakers are adults, and children are growing up speaking another language.

Where Mazaltepec Zapotec sits in the language family tree

Glottolog classifies Mazaltepec Zapotec as follows, from the largest family down to the language itself.

  1. Otomanguean
  2. Eastern Otomanguean
  3. Popoloca-Zapotecan
  4. Zapotecan
  5. Zapotec
  6. Core Zapotec
  7. Narrow Core Zapotec
  8. Central Core Zapotec
  9. Mazaltepec Zapotec

Related languages

Other languages in the Central Core Zapotec group:

More about Mazaltepec Zapotec

Codes: ISO 639-3 zpy, Glottolog maza1294. Glottolog macroarea: North America.

Questions about Mazaltepec Zapotec

Where is Mazaltepec Zapotec spoken?

Mazaltepec Zapotec is spoken in Mexico. On the map it is shown as a single point, because no open area map covers it.

Which language family is Mazaltepec Zapotec in?

Glottolog places Mazaltepec Zapotec in the Otomanguean family, in the branch Eastern Otomanguean, Popoloca-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec, Core Zapotec, Narrow Core Zapotec and Central Core Zapotec.

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