Rincón Zapotec

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

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

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

Las Delicias and Yagallo have approximately 75% similarity.

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 tʃ
voiced dz dʒ
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. 1 2 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)
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