Zapotec, Miahuatlán

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
zam
Alternate Names
Cuixtla Zapotec, Zapoteco de Miahuatlán, Zapoteco de la Sierra Sur Central
Autonym
Diiste
User Population

1,000 (2007 SIL). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Oaxaca state: Cuixtla.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

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

A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Typology

SVO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.

Language Use

Some young people, all adults. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Dictionary. NT: 1971.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Miahuatlán
Writing

Latin script [Latn].