Fricatives in
Amatlán Zapotec

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In Amatlán Zapotec there are four fricatives. Of the following fricatives: s, z, x y zh, only the s is the same as in Spanish. Read the following words in Zapotec:


seguch xos mbeso
sonido      seguch sonido      xos sonido      mbeso


ze mzin myuz
sonido      ze sonido      mzin sonido      myuz


xig yagxil xbi
sonido      xig sonido      yagxil sonido      xbi


zhit zhil mbizh
sonido      zhit sonido      zhil sonido      mbizh

--David Riggs M.