Zapotec, San Pedro Quiatoni

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
zpf
Alternate Names
Dichsà, Didzá, Ditsáh, Eastern Tlacolula Zapotec, Quiatoni Zapotec, Zapoteco de San Pedro Quiatoni, Zapoteco de Sierra Sur del Noreste Alto
Autonym
Diidx Zah
User Population

14,800 (2000). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Oaxaca state: Salinas, San Pedro Quiatoni, Unión Juárez, and 20 nearby settlements.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

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

None known. 76% intelligibility of Mitla [zaw] (most similar). A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Language Use

Vigorous. All domains among adults. Positive attitudes. Also use Spanish [spa]. Bilingualism high near Pan-American highway, decreasing to non-existent the farther away the settlements are. Overall rising percentage of bilingualism, due to more contact with outsiders.

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 1%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%. Education is highly valued. Bible portions: 2000–2002.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, San Pedro Quiatoni
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Traditional religion, Christian.