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ZAPOTECO, NORTHEASTERN MIAHUATLÁN ( ZAPOTEC, AMATLÁN, Zapoteco de San Cristobal Amatlán, Zapoteco del Noreste de Miahuatlán )

Spoken by 6,000 people in southern Oaxaca, east of Miahuatlán, Mexico.
Linguistic Lineage for Zapotec, Amatlán
Mexico

Diox xud nu', co' nzo loo bè',
ndlya's nu' no ña'b nu' loo U' le' mèn ta' cuent no ten' mèn thidte U' nac Diox natú'pe'.
Nu' mbez loo U' no ña'b nu' loo U' le' U' ñibe'pe' loo mèn dib athu loo izlyo'.
No gàca xal nee lezo' U' loo izlyo' ndxè xalque' ndxàc co' nee lezo' U' loo bé'.
Fta' U' lua' nu' no xít nu' co' hua nu' nalze no taamas con' co' naquinque' nu' atate huiz.
Fton' U' xquin nu' no xtol nu' xal nteri'th ntecan' nu' xèn xyàn co' ndli hues xtàa nu' loo nu'.
Ne'lá'ya'de U' nu' par aseli nu' cua'n nu' xquin nu' no xtol nu' loo U'.
Ndxe'leque', blàa U' nu' loo ryethe con' ye'rsin'.
Tac U' ñibe' loo ryethe con'.
No ndxàp U' ryethe con' roo no ryethe con' xèn la's nii U' no la's ya' U'.
No che'npe' U' nac ryethe con' roo no con' xèn le'n lin' co' ntlo,
no le'n lín' co' ndexelo,
no le'n lín' co' ne'lith node thidtene.
Taandxè' gàca.

Source: "Testament Cub Co' Nac Di's Ndac Che'n Tad Jesucrist - Zapoteco de Miahuatlán", published by La Biblioteca Mexicana del Hogar
Contributed by Pat Goltz - E-mail pgoltz@nexiliscom.com

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