{{Short description|Zapotecan language spoken in Mexico}} {{Infobox language | name = Rincón Zapotec | nativename = {{lang|mul|Didza Xidza}} | altname = | state = Mexico | region = northern Oaxaca | speakers = 41,000 | date = 1990–2000 | ref = e18 | familycolor = oto-manguean | fam1 = Oto-Manguean | fam2 = Zapotecan | fam3 = Zapotec | fam4 = Sierra Norte | fam5 = Rincon | lc1 = zar | ld1 = Rincón | lc2 = zsr | ld2 = Southern Rincón | lc3 = zcd | ld3 = Las Delicias | glotto = rinc1236 | glottorefname = Rincon Zapotec }}
'''Rincón Zapotec''' (Northern Villa Alta Zapotec, Nexitzo) is a Zapotec language of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Temaxcalapan dialect may be distinct enough to be considered a separate language. The next closest language is Choápam Zapotec, with 65% intelligibility.<ref name="e18"/>
Las Delicias and Yagallo have approximately 75% similarity.<ref>[https://iso639-3.sil.org/sites/iso639-3/files/change_requests/2021/2021-040.pdf]</ref>
== Phonology == === Vowels === {| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center |- ! !! Front !Central !Back |- ! Close |{{IPA link|i}} |{{IPA link|ɨ}} |{{IPA link|u}} |- !Mid |{{IPA link|e}} | |{{IPA link|o}} |- !Open |{{IPA link|æ}} |{{IPA link|a}} | |}
=== Consonants === {| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center ! colspan="2" | !Bilabial !Alveolar !Palatal !Velar !Glottal |- ! rowspan="2" |Plosive !<small>voiceless</small> |{{IPA link|p}} |{{IPA link|t}} | |{{IPA link|k}} | rowspan="2" |{{IPA link|ʔ}} |- !<small>voiced</small> |{{IPA link|b}} |{{IPA link|d}} | |{{IPA link|ɡ}} |- ! rowspan="2" |Affricate !<small>voiceless</small> | |{{IPA link|ts}} |{{IPA link|tʃ}} | | |- !<small>voiced</small> | |{{IPA link|dz}} |{{IPA link|dʒ}} | | |- ! rowspan="2" |Fricative !<small>voiceless</small> | |{{IPA link|s}} |{{IPA link|ʃ}} |{{IPA link|x}} | |- !<small>voiced</small> | |{{IPA link|z}} |{{IPA link|ʒ}} | | |- ! colspan="2" |Nasal | |{{IPA link|n}} | | | |- ! colspan="2" |Rhotic | |{{IPA link|ɾ}} | | | |- ! colspan="2" |Approximant | |{{IPA link|l}} |{{IPA link|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.
==References== {{Reflist}} *Alleman, Vera Mae, compiler. 1952. Vocabulario zapoteco del Rincón. Mexico City: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano. *Earl, Robert. 1968. "Rincon Zapotec clauses." International Journal of American Linguistics 34: 269-74. *Earl, Robert. 2018. "Gramática del zapoteco de Rincón". Mexico
== External links == *{{Cite book | last = Ripalda | first = Gerónimo de | author-link = Jerónimo de Ripalda | title = Doctrina cristiana, traducida de la lengua castellana en lengua zapoteca nexitza. Con otras adiciones útiles y necesarias para la educacion católica y excitacion á la devocion cristiana. | accessdate = 2014-03-09 | date = 1881 | url = https://archive.org/details/doctrinacristian00ripa }} *{{Cite web | last = Ripalda | first = Gerónimo de | title = Doctrina christiana, traducida de la lengua castellana, en lengua zapoteca nexitza. Con otras addiciones utiles y necessarias para la educacion catholica y excitacion a la devocion christiana. | accessdate = 2014-03-09 | date = 1687 | url = https://archive.org/details/doctrinachristia00ripa }}
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