Zapotec, Sierra de Juárez

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
zaa
Alternate Names
Didzá, Ixtlán Zapoteco, Juárez Zapotec, Zapoteco Serrano Bajo, Zapoteco de Atepec
Autonym
Titsaꞌ
User Population

4,000 (1990 census). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI). 150 monolinguals.

Location

Oaxaca state: north.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

Classification
Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec
Dialects

Atepec, Macuiltianguis Zapotec (Tizáriù, Xhtisariú, Zapoteco Serrano, del Oeste). A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Typology

VSO; long words, affixes, clitics; tonal.

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1970.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Sierra de Juárez
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Whistle speech reported.