Choápam Zapotec

Choápam Zapotec
Diꞌidzaꞌ xidzaꞌ
Native toMexico
Regionnorthern Oaxaca, Veracruz
Native speakers
12,000 (2007)
Oto-Manguean
Language codes
ISO 639-3zpc
Glottologchoa1237
ELPChoapan

Choápam Zapotec (Zapoteco de Choápam; in Veracruz Zapoteco de San Juan Comaltepec) is a Zapotec language of Oaxaca, Mexico. Historical accounts suggest that Zapotec people arrived in the area of Choapam only a generation or two before the Spanish conquest, conquering what was previously Mixe territory.

Phonology

Consonants

Bilabial Alveolar Postalveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m n ŋ
Plosive p b t d k g ʔ
Fricative s z ʃ ʒ (x)
Affricate t͡s d͡z t͡ʃ d͡ʒ
Liquid l r
Glide w j

Vowels

[i], [e], [ɛ], [o], [u], [a]

The vowels [i], [u], [a], [e] and [ɛ] are nasalised when followed by 'n' at the end of a word.

Tones

Choapam Zapotec has three pitches, or tones, which are high, mid, and low, indicated respectively by [3] (superscript 3), [2] (superscript 2), and [1] (superscript 1), written after each syllable.

References

  1. ↑ Choápam Zapotec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. ↑ César Gallardo Vásquez, Julio (2024). Ja mejy jïts ja kojpk: Atlas de la conquista de la región mixe-zoque. pp. 54–56.
  3. ↑ Larry and Rosemary Lyman, Choapan Zapotec Phonology