Zapotec, Ozolotepec

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
zao
Alternate Names
Desté, Diste, Distèe, Zapoteco de Ozolotepec, Zapoteco de la Costa Noreste
Autonym
Dizte chaan zha Ozolotepec
User Population

6,500 (1990 census). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI). People in San Marcial, San Gregorio, San Esteban, and Santo Domingo are monolingual.

Location

Oaxaca state: southeast Miahuatlán, halfway to the coast. Most towns with ‘Ozolotepec’ in the name included, but not San Francisco Ozolotepec or San José Ozolotepec.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

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

San Marcial Ozolotepec Zapotec, San Gregorio Ozolotepec Zapotec. 87% intelligibility of Cuixtla [zam] (Central Miahuatlán), 84% of Loxicha [ztp]. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Language Development

NT: 2007.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Ozolotepec
Writing

Latin script [Latn].