Zapotec, Cajonos

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
zad
Alternate Names
Ditse’, Didza-xhon, Ditse’ hualats, Southern Villa Alta Zapotec, Yaganiza Zapotec, Zapoteco Serrano del Sureste Bajo, Zapoteco de San Pedro Cajonos
Autonym
Xtillꞌchonaꞌ
User Population

5,000 (1993 SIL). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI). Many monolinguals.

Location

Oaxaca state: San Francisco Cajonos, San Mateo Cajonos, San Miguel Cajonos, San Pablo Yaganiza, San Pedro Cajonos, and Xagacía.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

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

Cajonos Zapotec, Yaganiza, Xagacía Zapotec, San Mateo Zapotec. Yaganiza and Xagacía dialects are similar. Major differences between those and the other 4 towns; adaptation of literature probably needed. San Pedro Cajonos dialect has 73% intelligibility of Zoogocho [zpq] (most similar other Zapotec). A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Typology

VSO; long words, affixes, clitics; tonal.

Language Use

Used as L2 by Santa Catarina Albarradas Zapotec [ztn].

Language Development

Dictionary. NT: 2011.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Cajonos
Writing

Latin script [Latn].