Zapotec, Ocotlán

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
zac
Alternate Names
Dizá, Ocotlán Oeste Zapotec, Zapoteco de Valles de Suroeste Alto, Zapoteco de Valles del Suroeste Central, Zapoteco de Valles del Suroeste Medio, Zapoteco del Poniente de Ocotlán
Autonym
Dizë́
User Population

15,000 (1993 SIL). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Oaxaca state: Ocotlán and Santiago Apóstol areas.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

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

None known. 67% intelligibility of Tilquiapan [zts] (most similar). A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Typology

VSO; short words, affixes; tonal.

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 50%. NT: 1983.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Ocotlán
Writing

Latin script [Latn].