Zapotec, Guevea de Humboldt

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
zpg
Alternate Names
Di’tsiri’e, Ditsire, Guevea Zapotec, Northern Isthmus Zapotec, Zapoteco de Guevea de Humboldt, Zapoteco de la Montaña del Istmo Bajo
Autonym
Didz-rieꞌ
User Population

4,720 (2000 INEGI). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Oaxaca state.

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Language Status

5* (Developing).

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

None known. 49% intelligibility of Lachiguiri [zpa] (Northwestern Tehuantepec; most similar). A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Typology

VSO; short words, clitics, affixes; tonal.

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 2%. Literacy rate in L2: 20%–30%. NT: 2018.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Guevea de Humboldt
Writing

Latin script [Latn].