Isthmus Zapotec
Encyclopedia
Isthmus Zapotec is a Zapotecan language
spoken in Tehuantepec
and Juchitán de Zaragoza
, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca
.
Fricatives and Affricates
Nasals
Sonorants
Laryngealized
Checked by a glottal stop
Zapotecan languages
The Zapotecan languages are a group of related Oto-Manguean languages which descend from the common proto-Zapotecan language spoken by the Zapotec people during the era of the dominance of Monte Albán....
spoken in Tehuantepec
Tehuantepec
Tehuantepec is a city and municipality in the southeast of the Mexican state of Oaxaca. It is part of the Tehuantepec District in the west of the Istmo Region. The area was important in pre Hispanic period as part of a trade route that connected Central America with what is now the center of...
and Juchitán de Zaragoza
Juchitán de Zaragoza
Juchitán de Zaragoza is an indigenous town in the southeast of the Mexican state of Oaxaca.It is part of the Juchitán District in the west of the Istmo de Tehuantepec region...
, in the Mexican state of Oaxaca
Oaxaca
Oaxaca , , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca is one of the 31 states which, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided into 571 municipalities; of which 418 are governed by the system of customs and traditions...
.
Consonants
Plosives- Voiceless
- p :t :c1
- Voiced
- b :d :g2
Fricatives and Affricates
- Voiced
- z :dx :
- Voiceless
- s :ch :xh (except before another consonant when it is written as x
Nasals
- m
- n
- ñ
Sonorants
- Plain
- r :l :
- Emphasized
- r :l
- 1When a "k" sound occurs before "e" or "i", it becomes "qu".
- 2When a "g" sound occurs before "e" or "i", it becomes "gu". Also, it is written "gü" for a "gw" sound.
- 3This sound "bŕ" occurs very rarely for a bilabial trillBilabial trill-External links:*...
. It occurs in words like "berenbŕ".
Vowels
Plain- a
- e
- i
- o
- u
Laryngealized
- aa
- ee
- ii
- oo
- uu
Checked by a glottal stop
- a'
- e'
- i'
- o'
- u'