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"Zaniza Zapotec (Zapoteco de Santa María Zaniza) is an Oto-Manguean language of western Oaxaca, Mexico" in the Sola de Vega district.[1] Native Zaniza Zapotec speakers use the words /ɾiʐ ziniz/ 'word/language of Zaniza' or /ɾiʐ-n/ 'our word/language' to refer to Zaniza Zapotec.[1]
Natalie Operstein is a linguist focused on Zaniza Zapotec (henceforth ZZ) and has written a grammar sketch outlining the linguistic details of ZZ.
Consonantal Phonology
[edit]ZZ consonants are given in the chart below. The labiodental fricative /f/ is only found in recently borrowed Spanish words. There are distributional gaps in ZZ as seen from the following: /p/, /ʒ/, /h/ and /hw/ do not occur word initially; /k/ and /kw/ do not occur non-initally; non-initial /ɾ/ is rare; /m/ is rare in all positions.[2]
Consonant Phoneme Inventory[2]
| LABIAL | ALVEOLAR | RETROFLEX | PALATAL | VELAR | GLOTTAL | |
| Stop | p | t | k, kw | |||
| b | d | g, gw | ||||
| Affricate | tʃ | |||||
| dʒ | ||||||
| Fricative | f* | s | ʂ | ʃ | h, hw | |
| z | ʐ | ʒ | ||||
| Tap | ɾ | |||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||
| Liquid | l | ʎ | ||||
| Glide | w | j |
* Borrowed Spanish consonant
Vowel Phonology
[edit]ZZ only has five vowel qualities (see chart below). Due to Spanish loan words, ZZ also includes the nasalized Spanish vowels /ĩ/, /ã/, and /õ/; however there are no diphthongs. The /o/ and /o'/ are rare in native ZZ words.[3]
Zaniza Zapotec Vowel Chart
| Front | Central | Back | |
| High | i, i' | u, u' | |
| Mid | e, e' | o, o' | |
| Low | a, a' |
*The raised comma after the vowel denotes the laryngealized vowel which is distinguished from the modal, illustrated below.[3]
| ZZ | Translation | ZZ | Translation |
| /bi/ | 'air,wind' | /bi'/ | 'flea' |
| /gi/ | 'fire' | /gi'/ | 'leg, foot' |
| /lo/ | 'face' | /lo'/ | 'fence,corral' |
Syntax
[edit]ZZ has a basic word order of Verb, Subject, Object (VSO). See example below.[4]
Note: For all examples, the corresponding ZZ word and morphemic translation match the lexical category to which it belongs in each sentence. Verbs are bolded; subjects are italicized, and objects are in underscored.
| Word Order | V S O |
| Zaniza Zapotec | /biɾib bez wa/ |
| Morphemic Translation | COMP.sting wasp Juan |
| English Translation | ‘A wasp has stung Juan.’ |
Intransitive verb clauses follow the pattern VS, while transitive verb clauses follow the patter VSO. Moreover, the subject can be included in the verb as a pronominal suffix.
Transitive Verb Clause[5]
| Word Order | V- S O |
| Zaniza Zapotec | /ɾigu’nu-ɾ jã/ |
| Morphemic Translation | HAB.deceive-2s 1s |
| English Translation | ‘You are deceiving me.’ |
Intransitive Verb Clause[6]
| Word Order | V S |
| Zaniza Zapotec | /gut ʎez/ |
| Morphemic Translation | COMP.die possum |
| English Translation | 'The possum died.' |
Deviations from this order occur when the emphasis or focus is expressed in the position before the verb. More than one word may be utilized. See examples below.[7]
| Word Order | O V-S |
| Zaniza Zapotec | /tap mebtʃ bit-j/ |
| Morphemic Translation | four people COMP.kill-3s.m |
| English Translation | ‘Four people they killed.’ |
| Word Order | S V-S O |
| Zaniza Zapotec | /tiba meʒ gizu-ɲ ju-geʂ/ |
| Morphemic Translation | other table POT.stand-3s.inan house-quern |
| English Translation | ‘The other table will stand in the kitchen.’ |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Operstein, Natalie (2015). Zaniza Zapotec. Munich: Lincom Europa. p. 5. ISBN 9783862886593.
- ^ a b Operstein, Natalie (2015). Zaniza Zapotec. Munich: Lincom Europa. p. 7. ISBN 9783862886593.
- ^ a b Operstein, Natalie (2015). Zaniza Zapotec. Munich: Lincom Europa. p. 11. ISBN 9783862886593.
- ^ Operstein, Natalie (2015). Zaniza Zapotec. Munich: Lincom Europa. p. 84. ISBN 9783862886593.
- ^ Operstein, Natalie (2015). Zaniza Zapotec. Munich: Lincom Europa. p. 85. ISBN 9783862886593.
- ^ Operstein, Natalie (2015). Zaniza Zapotec. Munich: Lincom Europa. p. 83. ISBN 9783862886593.
- ^ Operstein, Natalie (2015). Zaniza Zapotec. Munich: Lincom Europa. p. 86. ISBN 9783862886593.