Zapotec, Amatlán

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
zpo
Alternate Names
Zapoteco de Mixtepec, Zapoteco de San Cristóbal Amatlán, Zapoteco del Noreste de Miahuatlán
Autonym
Dizhze, Dizhze Amatlan
User Population

10,000 (2000 SIL). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI). 2,000 monolinguals.

Location

Oaxaca state: east of Miahuatlán. 2 towns.

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Language Status

5 (Developing).

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

San Cristóbal Amatlán, San Francisco Logueche. Reportedly most similar to Loxicha [ztp]. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Typology

VSO; short words; tonal.

Language Use

Vigorous. A few Spanish speakers who live there can speak it. All domains. Used by all. Positive attitudes. Fluency in Spanish [spa] has increased, but Zapotec is preferred. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L2: 60%. NT: 2002.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Amatlán
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Some leave the area to find work; some return. Self name, Dizhze, also sometimes used for all languages except Spanish [spa].