Zapotec, Quiavicuzas

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3

zpj

Alternate Names

Ditsere’, Dixhtiò, Northeastern Yautepec Zapotec, Zapoteco de Quiavicuzas, Zapoteco de San Juan Lachixila

User Population

4,000 (1990 census). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI). 180 monolinguals.

Location

Oaxaca state: Yautepec district, Guevea de Humboldt municipality, Guadalupe Guevea; Nejapa de Madero municipality, Carrizal, Corral de Piedra, San Juan Lachixila; San Carlos Yautepec municipality, Santiago Quiavicuzas; northeast of Pan American highway.

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Eastern Central Mexico

Language Status

6a (Vigorous).

Classification

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

Dialects

None known. 59% intelligibility of Lachiguiri [zpa] (Northwestern Tehuantepec; most similar). A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Language Use

Used by all. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Resources

OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Quiavicuzas