Zapotec, El Alto

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
zpp
Alternate Names
Di’tse’e, Dixasà, South Central Zimatlan Zapotec, Zapoteco de San Antonino el Alto, Zapoteco de San Pedro el Alto, Zapoteco de Zimatlán de Álvarez
User Population

900 (1990 census). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI). 30 monolinguals.

Location

Oaxaca state: San Andrés el Alto, San Antonino el Alto, San Pedro el Alto.

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Language Status

6b (Threatened).

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

None known. 20% intelligibility of Totomachapan [zph] (most similar). A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Language Use

Some young people, all adults. Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, El Alto
Writing

Unwritten [Qaax].