Zapotec, Southeastern Ixtlán

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3

zpd

Alternate Names

Didzá, Ixtlan Zapotec, Latuvi Zapotec, Yavesía Zapotec, Zapoteco Serrano Bajo, Zapoteco del Sureste de Ixtlán

User Population

6,000 (1992 SIL). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Oaxaca state: Benito Juárez, Capulalpan de Morelos, Carrizal, Guelatao de Juárez, Ixtlán de Juárez, La Trinidad, Latuvi, Llano Grande, Natividad, Nevería, San Miguel Amatlán, Santa Catarina Lachatao, Santa María Yavesía (center), Santiago Xiacui.

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Southern Central Mexico

Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

Classification

Otomanguean, Eastern Otomanguean, Popolocan-Zapotecan, Zapotecan, Zapotec

Dialects

None known. 63% intelligibility of Atepec [zaa] (Sierra de Juárez), 43% of Teococuilco [zae]. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Southeastern Ixtlán