Ixcatlán Mazatec is a
Mazatecan language spoken in the
Mexican state
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of
Oaxaca
Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of Mexico. It is ...
, notably in the towns of Chichicazapa, Nuevo Ixcatlán, and
San Pedro Ixcatlán
San Pedro Ixcatlán is a town and municipality in Oaxaca in south-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of km².
It is part of the Tuxtepec District of the Papaloapan Region
The Cuenca del Papaloapan Region is in the north of the stat ...
. Egland (1978) found 76% intelligibility with
Huautla, the
prestige variety
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of Mazatec.
See also
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Mazatecan languages
The Mazatecan languages are a group of closely related indigenous languages spoken by some 200,000 people in the area known as the Sierra Mazateca, which is in the northern part of the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico, as well as in adjacent ...
References
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Mazatecan languages