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.
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Phonology

Vowels

Consonants

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

*Alleman, Vera Mae, compiler. 1952. Vocabulario zapoteco del Rincón. Mexico City: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. *Earl, Robert. 1968. "Rincon Zapotec clauses." International Journal of American Linguistics 34: 269-74. *Earl, Robert. 2018. "Gramática del zapoteco de Rincón". Mexico

External links

* * Zapotec languages {{Oto-Manguean-lang-stub