Coatzospan Mixtec New Testament (MIZWBT)

Overview

The Coatzospan Mixtec New Testament, titled Tūʼún xuva kō vatā ó ntákaʼan ña ñuú Coatzospan, was published in 2003 by Wycliffe Bible Translators. [1] Coatzospan Mixtec is spoken in the Sierra Mazateca region of Oaxaca, Mexico, in and around the town of San Juan Coatzospan and neighboring communities including San Isidro Coatzospan, Agua Español, and Loma de la Plaza. [2] The language exhibits notable gender-based phonological differences: women palatalize the /t/ sound to /ch/ before certain vowels, and men and women use different third-person pronouns for masculine gender. [2] Audio was recorded for the translation in 2004, and the text is available digitally under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. [1]

Language and People

Coatzospan Mixtec (ISO 639-3: miz) is spoken by approximately 5,000 people in Southern Central Mexico. [Glottolog: coat1241]

Publishing and Organizations

Created by Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. Translation type: New.

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