Mazatec
Language Information
Mazatec is spoken in southern Mexico, in northern Oaxaca, around Huautla de Jiménez, and in Puebla and Veracruz.
Mazatec is an Oto-Manguean language with about 200,000 speakers. It is a tonal language, and some speakers use a whistled form of it to communicate over distances.
Mazatec is an Oto-Manguean language with about 200,000 speakers. It is a tonal language, and some speakers use a whistled form of it to communicate over distances.
- Language Family
- North American Indian
- Subgroup
- Oto-Manguean
Mazatec Language Sample
Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1
Mazatec, Ixcatlán
Nga ndindie xuta ngatsen de’e ko ngondsejen ngatjin-kjua nga xchandinkon nt’a ngondsejen ngatjin kokjin-tokon,kotjinkjua nga takie engajan skuendinkon xkjin.English translation
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
Source: OHCHR translations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights