Zapotec, Choapan

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
zpc
Alternate Names
Choápam Zapotec, Diza shisa’, Diza shitsá, Zapoteco de Choapan, Zapoteco de San Juan Comaltepec, Zapoteco del Oeste de Tuxtepec
Autonym
Diꞌidzaꞌ xidzaꞌ
User Population

12,000 (2007 SIL). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Oaxaca state: from Comaltepec northeast; Veracruz state: Arena and Playa Vincente border area.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

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

Choapan, Comaltepec. 60% intelligibility of Zoogocho [zpq] (most similar). A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Typology

VSO; short words, affixes, clitics; tonal.

Language Use

Some young people, all adults.

Language Development

Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1986–2010.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Choapan
Writing

Latin script [Latn].