Zapotec, Yareni

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
zae
Alternate Names
Etla Zapotec, Tizha, Western Ixtlán Zapotec, Zapoteco Serrano del Oeste Medio, Zapoteco de Santa Ana Yareni, Zapoteco de Teococuilco de Marcos Pérez
Autonym
Tisa
User Population

2,900 (2000 census). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Oaxaca state.

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Language Status

6a* (Vigorous).

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

None known. 80% intelligibility of Sierra de Juárez Zapotec [zaa]. Different from Aloapam Zapotec [zaq]. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Typology

VSO; affixes, clitics; tonal.

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 60%–75%. NT: 2015.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Yareni
Writing

Latin script [Latn].