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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regretfully, this one slipped through the cracks
:( If you have any info for Rosemary, I know she would appreciate
it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Scott Berthiaume</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 18:28:29 -0800<BR>To:
otomanguean-l@listserv.linguistlist.org<BR>From: Rosemary G Beam de Azcona
<nikte_ha @uclink4.berkeley.edu><BR>Subject: endangered o-m
lgs.<BR><BR>Dear colleagues,<BR><BR>In the last two years I started working on
San Agustin Mixtepec Zapotec (SAMZ), a language with only two speakers. I went
looking for this language because it is in the Southern Zapotec area I work in
and the Ethnologue described it as "nearly extinct" with 59 speakers (the number
has dwindled to 2 since the 1994 statistic quoted there). I recently did a
search in the Ethnologue to see how many other Otomanguean languages were
described there as "nearly extinct". Including SAMZ there are 11 such languages.
I would like to know how many of us are already working on any of these. I
suspect that most but not all of these are undocumented with no work in
progress. I'm pasting in all eleven entries from the Ethnologue here. Could
anyone who is working on any of these, or has worked on them, or who has any
other information about them or other severely endangered Otomanguean languages
please respond? I would like to identify which languages are in the most
desperate need of documentation, both for a paper I'm giving at the upcoming
COOL conference and also just to spark more interest in and discussion about
these languages among us Otomangueanists. The list of eleven
follows:<BR><BR>Rosemary Beam de Azcona<BR><BR><FONT size=6><B>
<DIV align=center>ZAPOTECO, SAN AGUSTÍN MIXTEPEC: a language of </FONT><FONT
color=#0000ff size=6><U>Mexico<BR></FONT></B></U>SIL code: ZTM<BR>ISO 639-2:
<FONT color=#0000ff><U>zap</FONT></U><BR><BR></U><I>Population</I>59 speakers
(1994 SIL). <BR><I>Region</I>Oaxaca, Miahuatlán, town of San Agustín Mixtepec.
<BR><I>Classification</I><FONT color=#0000ff><U>Oto-Manguean, Zapotecan,
Zapotec.</FONT></U><BR></U><I>Comments</I>A separate language from San Juan
Mixtepec Zapoteco [ZPM]. Nearly extinct.<BR><FONT size=6><B>MATLATZINCA,
ATZINGO: a language of </FONT><FONT color=#0000ff
size=6><U>Mexico<BR></FONT></B></U>SIL code: OCU<BR>ISO 639-2: <FONT
color=#0000ff><U>cai</FONT></U><BR><BR></U><I>Population</I>50 to 100 fluent
speakers (1993 SIL), 642 in the ethnic group, no monolinguals (1990 census).
<BR><I>Region</I>State of México, Ocuilan municipio, San Juan Atzingo, Santa
Lucía del Progreso. <BR><I>Alternate names </I>OCUILTECO, OCUILTEC, ATZINTECO,
TLAHURA, TLAHUICA<BR><I>Classification</I><FONT color=#0000ff><U>Oto-Manguean,
Otopamean, Matlatzincan.</FONT></U><BR></U><I>Comments</I>Closely related to
Matlatzinca of Francisco de los Ranchos, but not inherently intelligible.
Bilingualism in Spanish. Mountain slope. Nearly extinct.<BR><FONT
size=4><B>Entries from the SIL Bibliography about this language:<BR></FONT><FONT
color=#0000ff><U>Bartholomew, Doris A. 1989. "The Proto Otopamean vowel system
and the development of Matlatzinca."<BR></FONT></U><FONT size=6>ZAPOTECO,
ASUNCIÓN MIXTEPEC: a language of </FONT><FONT color=#0000ff
size=6><U>Mexico<BR></FONT></B></U>SIL code: ZOO<BR>ISO 639-2: <FONT
color=#0000ff><U>zap</FONT></U><BR><BR></U><I>Population</I>100 or fewer
speakers out of a population of 2,476 (1990 census). <BR><I>Region</I>Southwest
of Oaxaca City in central Oaxaca, Asunción Mixtepec and another town.
<BR><I>Alternate names </I>NORTH CENTRAL ZIMATLÁN ZAPOTECO, ASUNCIÓN MIXTEPEC
ZAPOTEC<BR><I>Classification</I><FONT color=#0000ff><U>Oto-Manguean, Zapotecan,
Zapotec.</FONT></U><BR></U><I>Comments</I>22% intelligibility of Ayoquesco
(closest), and 3% of San Pedro el Alto. Bilingualism in Spanish. Nearly
extinct.<BR><BR><FONT size=6><B>ZAPOTECO, TEJALAPAN: a language of </FONT><FONT
color=#0000ff size=6><U>Mexico<BR></FONT></B></U>SIL code: ZTT<BR>ISO 639-2:
<FONT color=#0000ff><U>zap</FONT></U><BR><BR></U><I>Population</I>124 (1990
census). The town has 4,656 people. <BR><I>Region</I>Oaxaca, Etla District, town
of San Felipe Tejalapan. <BR><I>Alternate names </I>SAN FELIPE TEJALAPAN
ZAPOTEC, TEJALAPAN ZAPOTEC, TEJALÁPAM ZAPOTECO, SAN FELIPE
ZAPOTECO<BR><I>Classification</I><FONT color=#0000ff><U>Oto-Manguean, Zapotecan,
Zapotec.</FONT></U><BR></U><I>Comments</I>A separate language from Santo Tomás
Mazaltepec Zapoteco. Bilingualism in Spanish. 92 speakers are over 50 years old,
including the 2 monolinguals. They came from Ixtepeji area 300 years ago. Nearly
extinct.<BR><FONT size=6><B>ZAPOTECO, TLACOLULITA: a language of </FONT><FONT
color=#0000ff size=6><U>Mexico<BR></FONT></B></U>SIL code: ZPK<BR>ISO 639-2:
<FONT color=#0000ff><U>zap</FONT></U><BR><BR></U><I>Population</I>135 speakers
out of a population of 904 (1990 census). <BR><I>Region</I>Eastern Oaxaca,
Asunción Tlacolulita and San Juan Alotepec. <BR><I>Alternate names
</I>SOUTHEASTERN YAUTEPEC ZAPOTECO, ASUNCIÓN TLACOLULITA ZAPOTECO, TLACOLULITA
ZAPOTEC<BR><I>Classification</I><FONT color=#0000ff><U>Oto-Manguean, Zapotecan,
Zapotec.</FONT></U><BR></U><I>Comments</I>15% intelligibility with Lachixila
(closest), 10% on Mitla and Guelavía, 0% on Lachiguiri, Juchitán, Guevea de
Humboldt, Petapa, San Juan Mixtepec, and Quiegolani. Bilingualism in Spanish.
111 speakers are 50 years old or older (1990). Nearly extinct.<BR><BR><FONT
size=6><B>MIXTECO, SINDIHUI: a language of </FONT><FONT color=#0000ff
size=6><U>Mexico<BR></FONT></B></U>SIL code: QMH<BR>ISO 639-2: <FONT
color=#0000ff><U>cai</FONT></U><BR><BR></U><I>Population</I>138 speakers (1990
census). <BR><I>Region</I>West central Oaxaca. <BR><I>Classification</I><FONT
color=#0000ff><U>Oto-Manguean, Mixtecan, Mixtec-Cuicatec,
Mixtec.</FONT></U><BR></U><I>Comments</I>Distinct from Yutanduchi. All over 50
years old (1990). Nearly extinct.<BR><BR><FONT size=6><B>CHIAPANECO: a language
of </FONT><FONT color=#0000ff size=6><U>Mexico<BR></FONT></B></U>SIL code:
CIP<BR>ISO 639-2: <FONT
color=#0000ff><U>cai</FONT></U><BR><BR></U><I>Population</I>150 including 17
speakers out of 32 ethnic population in Chiapas (1990 census).
<BR><I>Region</I>State of Chiapas, El Bosque (2), Las Margaritas (2), Ocosingo
(4), Palenque (2), Sabanilla (7). <BR><I>Classification</I><FONT
color=#0000ff><U>Oto-Manguean,
Chiapanec-Mangue.</FONT></U><BR></U><I>Comments</I>Reported to be quite similar
to Chorotega of Costa Rica and El Salvador. Nearly extinct.<BR><BR><FONT
size=6><B>ZAPOTECO, ELOTEPEC: a language of </FONT><FONT color=#0000ff
size=6><U>Mexico<BR></FONT></B></U>SIL code: ZTE<BR>ISO 639-2: <FONT
color=#0000ff><U>zap</FONT></U><BR><BR></U><I>Population</I>200 speakers (1990
census). <BR><I>Region</I>Western Oaxaca, west of Zimatlán, 1 village.
<BR><I>Alternate names </I>SAN JUAN ELOTEPEC ZAPOTEC,
PAPABUCO<BR><I>Classification</I><FONT color=#0000ff><U>Oto-Manguean, Zapotecan,
Zapotec.</FONT></U><BR></U><I>Comments</I>68% intelligibility of Santa María
Zaniza (closest), 10% of Texmelucan. Bilingualism in Spanish. All are 50 years
old and older (1990). Mountain slope. Nearly extinct.<BR><FONT
size=6><B>ZAPOTECO, TOTOMACHAPAN: a language of </FONT><FONT color=#0000ff
size=6><U>Mexico<BR></FONT></B></U>SIL code: ZPH<BR>ISO 639-2: <FONT
color=#0000ff><U>zap</FONT></U><BR><BR></U><I>Population</I>259 speakers out of
a population of 1,009 (1990 census). <BR><I>Region</I>Western Oaxaca, 2 towns.
<BR><I>Alternate names </I>WESTERN ZIMATLÁN ZAPOTECO, SAN PEDRO TOTOMACHAPAN
ZAPOTECO, TOTOMACHAPAN ZAPOTEC<BR><I>Classification</I><FONT
color=#0000ff><U>Oto-Manguean, Zapotecan,
Zapotec.</FONT></U><BR></U><I>Comments</I>No intelligibility with other
Zapoteco. Bilingualism in Spanish. Most speakers are over 50 years old (1990).
Nearly extinct.<BR><FONT size=6><B>OTOMÍ, TILAPA: a language of </FONT><FONT
color=#0000ff size=6><U>Mexico<BR></FONT></B></U>SIL code: OTL<BR>ISO 639-2:
<FONT color=#0000ff><U>oto</FONT></U><BR><BR></U><I>Population</I>400 speakers
(1990 census). <BR><I>Region</I>Santiago Tilapa town between Mexico, D. F. and
Toluca, State of Mexico. <BR><I>Classification</I><FONT
color=#0000ff><U>Oto-Manguean, Otopamean, Otomian,
Otomi.</FONT></U><BR></U><I>Comments</I>Bilingualism in Spanish. Speakers mainly
over 50 years old (1990). Linguistic island. Nearly extinct.<BR><BR><FONT
size=4> <BR><BR></FONT><FONT size=6><B>MATLATZINCA, SAN FRANCISCO DE LOS
RANCHOS: a language of </FONT><FONT color=#0000ff
size=6><U>Mexico<BR></FONT></B></U>SIL code: MAT<BR>ISO 639-2: <FONT
color=#0000ff><U>cai</FONT></U><BR><BR></U><I>Population</I>No estimate
available.<BR><I>Region</I>State of México, 1 village: San Francisco de los
Ranchos. <BR><I>Alternate names </I>MATLATZINCA<BR><I>Classification</I><FONT
color=#0000ff><U>Oto-Manguean, Otopamean,
Matlatzincan.</FONT></U><BR></U><I>Comments</I>Bilingualism in Spanish. Those 30
and over still use the language; those under 30 use Spanish as first language.
About half the people are working in Mexico City or elsewhere most of the time.
Nearly extinct.<BR><BR></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>