Zapotec, Asunción Mixtepec

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
zoo
Alternate Names
Dixasà, Dizë, North Central Zimatlan Zapotec, Zapoteco de Asunción Mixtepec, Zapoteco de Valles Oeste
User Population

100 (1990 census). Ethnic population: 2,480 (1990 census).

Location

Oaxaca state: Asunción Mixtepec, 1 other town southwest of Oaxaca City.

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Language Status

8b (Nearly extinct).

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

None known. 22% intelligibility of Ayoquesco [zaf] (most similar), 3% of El Alto [zpp]. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Language Use

Shifted to Spanish [spa].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Asunción Mixtepec
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].