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Choápam Zapotec
Diꞌidzaꞌ xidzaꞌ
Native toMexico
Regionnorthern Oaxaca, Veracruz
Native speakers12,000 (2007)
Language familyOto-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.

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
  • occurs as an allophone of
  • has the voiceless allophone when in a nasal segment (e.g. rnábaˀ (I ask))
  • The pronunciation of is variable, sometimes pronounced as apico-alveolar and with one to several flaps, with one being the most common.

Vowels

, , , , ,

The vowels , , , and 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 (superscript 3), (superscript 2), and (superscript 1), written after each syllable.

References

  1. Choápam Zapotec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
  2. Larry and Rosemary Lyman, Choapan Zapotec Phonology
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Trans-Yautepec
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Northern
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Trans-Yautepec
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