Mazatecan languages

Spoken in

  • Otomangue Eastern Otomangue languages Popolocan Mazatekisch

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Mazatekisch ( Ha Shuta Enima ) is an indigenous language in Mexico and a close group of related languages ​​, spoken by the ethnicity of the Mazatec. It belongs to the language family of Otomangue languages.

Mazatekisch census of 2010 of about 230,000 people especially in the north of the state of Oaxaca and in low numbers in the states of Puebla and Veracruz is spoken aloud. Due to the geographical fragmentation of the language area, there are widely differing regional variants. SIL International divides the Mazatec in eight different languages.

Like other Otomangue languages ​​is also Mazatekisch a tone language.

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