Zapotec, Lachiguiri

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
zpa
Alternate Names
Ditsá, Northwestern Tehuantepec Zapotec, Zapoteco de Santiago Lachiguiri, Zapoteco de la Montaña del Istmo Alto
Autonym
Didxsá
User Population

5,000 (1977 SIL). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Oaxaca state: Jalapa, Magdalena, and Santa María Totolapilla, north of Isthmus, southwest of Guevea de Humboldt in neighboring municipalities.

Language Maps
Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

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

None known. 62% intelligibility in Quiavicuzas [zpj] and Isthmus [zai] (most similar). A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Lachiguiri
Writing

Latin script [Latn].