Zapotec, Yatzachi

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
zav
Alternate Names
Didza shon, Dilla xhon, Dille xhon, Diosənꞌ, Diozənꞌ, Villa Alta Zapotec, Zapoteco de Yatzachi
Autonym
Dižə’əxon
User Population

2,500 (1990 census). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Oaxaca state: Xoochixtepec, Yalina, Yatzachi el Alto, Yatzachi el Bajo, Yohueche, Zoochila, Zoochina.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

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

None known. 90% intelligibility of Zoogocho [zpq] on narrative, 85% of Cajonos [zad] (Southern Villa Alta) and Yalálag [zpu]; somewhat of Tabaa [zat]. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Typology

VSO; long words, affixes, clitics; tonal.

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 30%. Literacy rate in L2: 78%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1971.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Yatzachi
Writing

Latin script [Latn].