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GRN Mexico has developed a diagnostic system to identify local languages.
Many different languages are spoken in the Migrant Labor camps in Mexico. The speakers might say their language is Zapoteco but they will not know which of the 73 dialects of Zapotec they speak. Or they might say their languages is Mixteco which has 77 dialects. They do, however know the name of the district they are from.
The maps in this diagnostic system help identify the appropriate dialect, by showing which dialects are spoken in each district. Each dialect has a code which is tied to one of the diagnostic recordings. These recordings have 30 second segments of each of the Zapotec or Mixtec dialects.
Diagnostic Recordings
There are three diagnostic recordings:
- C22830 DIAGNOSTIC A:MIXTEC B: Otros1-44a (2004)
- C22831 DIAGNOSTIC A: ZAPO B: Otros 44a-51(2004)
- C22850 DIAGNOSTIC A: North B: South
Click on each program above to see a list of the dialects each contain. Within those lists, click on the individual dialect names to see a full list of recordings in that dialect.
Dialect Maps
The alphanumeric codes on each item on these recordings are indexes into the maps. There are four maps:
- The MIXTECO MAP shows the location of all Mixteco dialects in Oaxaca and Gurrero, Mexico. It is used in conjunction with the Diagnostic Program C22830.
- The ZAPOTECO MAP shows the location of all Zapoteco dialects in Oaxaca Mexico. It is used in conjunction with the Diagnostic Program C22831.
- The OTROS IDIOMAS MAP shows the location in Mexico of languages and dialects other than Mixtec and Zapotec. Sample recordings of languages with special codes 1 through 44a are found on the Diagnostic Program C22830. Languages with special codes 44b through 51 are found on the Diagnostic Program C22831.
- The NORTE-SUR MAP does not yet have a diagnostic program.
Example
Select the appriate map, and find the general area the speaker is from. Identify the code, and use this code to identify the dialect name.
For example "M33" on the Mixteco map is at Costa Chica. This represents the sample with code "M33" on the Mixteco diagnostic recording. Play this sample, and some of the nearby ones as well, until the speaker identifies their own dialect.