Zapotec, Isthmus

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Juchitán Zapotec, Sapoteko, Zapoteco Istmeño, Zapoteco de la Planicie Costera, Zapoteco del Istmo

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85,000 (1990 census). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).

Oaxaca state: Juchitán and Tehuantepec.

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5* (Developing).

None known. 18% intelligibility of Santa María Petapa [zpe] (most similar). A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.

Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1972–2002.

Latin script [Latn].