Rincón Zapotec

Rincón Zapotec (Northern Villa Alta Zapotec, Nexitzo) is a Zapotec language of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Rincón Zapotec
Native toMexico
Regionnorthern Oaxaca
Native speakers
(41,000 cited 1990–2000)[1]
Oto-Manguean
Language codes
ISO 639-3Variously:
zar  Rincón
zsr  Southern Rincón
zcd  Las Delicias
Glottologrinc1236
ELPRincón

Temaxcalapan dialect may be distinct enough to be considered a separate language. The next closest language is Choápam Zapotec, with 65% intelligibility.[1]

Las Delicias and Yagallo have approximately 75% similarity.[2]

Phonology

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i ɨ u
Mid e o
Open æ a

Consonants

Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive voiceless p t k ʔ
voiced b d ɡ
Affricate voiceless ts
voiced dz
Fricative voiceless s ʃ x
voiced z ʒ
Nasal n
Rhotic ɾ
Approximant l j

Sounds such as /f k ʎ m ɲ r v w/ only occur in loanwords from Spanish. A double consonant ll occurs as a geminated /lː/ rather than a palatalized ll from Spanish.

References

  1. Rincón at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Southern Rincón at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
    Las Delicias at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  • Alleman, Vera Mae, compiler. 1952. Vocabulario zapoteco del Rincón. Mexico City: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano.
  • Earl, Robert. 1968. "Rincon Zapotec clauses." International Journal of American Linguistics 34: 269-74.
  • Earl, Robert. 2018. "Gramática del zapoteco de Rincón". Mexico
  • Ripalda, Gerónimo de (1881). Doctrina cristiana, traducida de la lengua castellana en lengua zapoteca nexitza. Con otras adiciones útiles y necesarias para la educacion católica y excitacion á la devocion cristiana. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
  • Ripalda, Gerónimo de (1687). "Doctrina christiana, traducida de la lengua castellana, en lengua zapoteca nexitza. Con otras addiciones utiles y necessarias para la educacion catholica y excitacion a la devocion christiana". Retrieved 2014-03-09.


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