Choápam Zapotec

Choápam Zapotec
Diꞌidzaꞌ xidzaꞌ
Native to	Mexico
Region	northern Oaxaca, Veracruz
Native speakers	12,000 (2007)[1]
Language family	Oto-Manguean Zapotecan Zapotec Sierra Norte Choápam Zapotec
Language codes
ISO 639-3	zpc
Glottolog	choa1237
ELP	Choapan

Choápam Zapotec (Zapoteco de Choápam; in Veracruz Zapoteco de San Juan Comaltepec) is a Zapotec language of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal	m	n			ŋ
Plosive	p b	t d			k g	ʔ
Fricative		s z	ʃ ʒ		(x)
Affricate		t͡s d͡z	t͡ʃ d͡ʒ
Liquid		l r
Glide	w			j

• [x] occurs as an allophone of [k]
• [r] has the voiceless allophone [ṛ] when in a nasal segment (e.g. rná^1baˀ^2 [ṛnábaˀ] (I ask))
• The pronunciation of [r] is variable, sometimes pronounced as apico-alveolar and with one to several flaps, with one being the most common.

Vowels

[i], [e], [ɛ], [o], [u], [a]

The vowels [i], [u], [a], [e] and [ɛ] are nasalised when followed by 'n' at the end of a word.

Tones

Choapam Zapotec has three pitches, or tones, which are high, mid, and low, indicated respectively by [^3] (superscript 3), [^2] (superscript 2), and [^1] (superscript 1), written after each syllable.[2]

References

1. Choápam Zapotec at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015) (subscription required)
2. [1] Larry and Rosemary Lyman, Choapan Zapotec Phonology