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Preferred term

majJalapa De Díaz Mazatec  

Type

  • Language

Definition

  • Jalapa Mazatec is a Mazatecan language, spoken by ca. 15,000 people, one-third of whom are monolingual, in 13 villages in the vicinity of the town of San Felipe Jalapa de Díaz in the Tuxtepec District of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is most closely related to Ixcatlán Mazatec, and somewhat more distantly related to the prestige variety of Mazatec, Huautla. Literacy in Jalapa is taught alongside Spanish in local schools.

Entry terms

  • Jalapa Mazatec language
  • Mazatec, Jalapa De Díaz

ISO 639-3 code

  • maj

Notation

  • maj

In other languages

  • Mazatèque de Jalapa

    French

URI

http://lexvo.org/id/iso639-3/maj

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