Rincón Zapotec

Rincón Zapotec (Northern Villa Alta Zapotec, Nexitzo) is a Zapotec language of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Rincón Zapotec
Didza Xidza
Native to	Mexico
Region	northern Oaxaca
Native speakers	(41,000 cited 1990–2000)[1]
Language family	Oto-Manguean Zapotecan Zapotec Sierra Norte Rincon Rincón Zapotec
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: zar – Rincón zsr – Southern Rincón zcd – Las Delicias
Glottolog	rinc1236
ELP	Rincón

Temaxcalapan dialect may be distinct enough to be considered a separate language. The next closest language is Choápam Zapotec, with 65% intelligibility.^[1]

Las Delicias and Yagallo have approximately 75% similarity.^[2]

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ	u
Mid	e		o
Open	æ	a

Consonants

		Bilabial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	voiceless	p	t		k	ʔ
	voiced	b	d		ɡ
Affricate	voiceless		ts	tʃ
	voiced		dz	dʒ
Fricative	voiceless		s	ʃ	x
	voiced		z	ʒ
Nasal			n
Rhotic			ɾ
Approximant			l	j

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.