Soyaltepec Mazatec
Soyaltepec Mazatec is a Mazatecan language spoken in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, notably in the towns of Santa María Jacatepec and San Miguel Soyaltepec, and on Soyaltepec Island.
| Soyaltepec Mazatec | |
|---|---|
| (San Miguel Soyaltepec) | |
| Temascal Mazatec | |
| Native to | Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Region | San Felipe Jalapa de Díaz |
Native speakers | 28,000 (2000)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | vmp |
| Glottolog | soya1237 |
Due to flooding from the construction of a dam, the Soyaltepec-speaking area has had an influx of speakers of other Mazatecan languages. Perhaps only 900 people, mostly monolingual, still speak the original variety of Soyaltepec.[1]
See Mazatecan languages for a detailed description of these languages.
References
- Soyaltepec Mazatec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
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