Zapotec, Western Tlacolula Valley

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
zab
Alternate Names
Dixzhá, Guelavía, San Juan Guelavía Zapotec, Western Tlacolula Zapotec, Zapoteco de San Juan, Zapoteco de Tlacolula occidental, Zapoteco de Valles del Norte Central
Autonym
Ditsa
User Population

28,000 (1990 census). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Oaxaca state: central.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

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

Jalieza Zapotec, Teotitlán del Valle Zapotec (San Marcos Tlapazola Zapotec, Tlacolula Valley Zapotec), San Lucas Quiavini Zapotec (Dii’zh Sah, San Lucas Zapotec), San Martín Tilcajete Zapotec, Santa Ana del Valle Zapotec. 20% intelligibility of Santa Inés Yatzechi [zpn] (most similar); Jalieza 99% of Western Tlacolula Valley; Teotitlán del Valle 100% of Western Tlacolula Valley, but Western Tlacolula Valley only 59% of Teotitlán del Valle. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Typology

VSO; affixes, clitics; tonal.

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 10%. Dictionary. NT: 1995.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Western Tlacolula Valley
Writing

Latin script [Latn].