Loxicha Zapotec (Western Pochutla Zapotec) is a Zapotec language of Oaxaca, Mexico. It is one of the most populous varieties of Zapotec, and the majority of speakers are monolingual.
| Loxicha Zapotec | |
|---|---|
| Diste | |
| Native to | Mexico |
| Region | south Oaxaca |
Native speakers | 75,000 (2000 census)[1] |
| Dialects |
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| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | ztp |
| Glottolog | loxi1235 |
| ELP | Coatec Zapotec (shared) |
Not all varieties of Zapotec from towns named "Loxicha" are part of Loxicha Zapotec. San Baltázar Loxicha Zapotec, which includes Santa Catarina Loxicha, is a distinct language.
Phonology
Vowels
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u |
| Mid | e | o |
| Open | a | |
Consonants
| Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labio- velar | Uvular | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | voiceless | p | t | k | kʷ | |||
| voiced | b | d | ɡ | |||||
| Affricate | voiceless | ts | tʃ | |||||
| prenasal | ⁿdʒ | |||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | (ɸʷ) | θ | (s) | ʃ | χ | ||
| voiced | z | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | (ŋ) | |||||
| Rhotic | r | |||||||
| Lateral | l | |||||||
| Approximant | w | j | ||||||
/b, d/ can be realized as [β ð] when occurring intervocalically. /ɡ/ is realized as [ɣ] when occurring at the first syllable. /ɸʷ, s/ only occur in Spanish loanwords. /ŋ/ only marginally occurs and at the end of a syllable.[2]