San Vicente Zapotec

Not to be confused with Coatlán Zapotec.
San Vicente Zapotec
San Vicente Coatlán Zapotec
Southern Ejutla Zapotec
Native toMexico
RegionOaxaca
Native speakers
3,400 (2005 census)[1]
Oto-Manguean
Language codes
ISO 639-3zpt
Glottologsanv1242
ELPSan Vicente Coatlán

San Vicente Zapotec (in full San Vicente Coatlán Zapotec, also Southern Ejutla Zapotec), is a Zapotec language spoken in southern Oaxaca, Mexico, in the Ejutla District and San Vicente Coatlán.

It is 75% intelligible with San Baltázar Loxicha Zapotec, and 45% intelligible with Santo Domingo Coatlán Zapotec.

Phonology

Vowels

Front Back
Close i u
Mid e o
ɛ ɔ
Open a

Consonants

Labial Dental Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Labio-
velar
Plosive p t̪ tʲ k kʷ
Affricate ts tʂ
Fricative voiceless (f) θ s ʂ x
voiced β ð z ʐ ɣ
Nasal m n ɲ ŋ
Rhotic r
Lateral ɭ
Approximant w j

[2]

References

  1. ^ San Vicente Zapotec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ^ Beam de Azcona, Rosemary Grace (2004). A Coatlan-Loxicha Zapotec Grammar. University of California, Berkeley.

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