Zapotec, Zoogocho

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A language of Mexico

ISO 639-3
zpq
Alternate Names
Didza shon, Dizha’ Xhon, Zapoteco Serrano del Sureste Medio, Zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho
Autonym
Diža’xon
User Population

1,000 (1991 SIL). Total Zapotec speakers: 491,000 (2020 INEGI).

Location

Cuidad de México; Oaxaca state: Oaxaca city, Tabehua, Yalina, Zoogocho.

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Language Status

6b* (Threatened).

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

Zoogocho, Yalina (Dilla xhon), Tabehua. A member of macrolanguage Zapotec [zap].

Typology

VSO; long words, affixes, clitics; tonal.

Language Use

Also use Spanish [spa].

Language Development

Literacy rate in L1: 30%. Literacy rate in L2: 75%. Dictionary. Grammar. NT: 1988.

Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Zapotec, Zoogocho
Writing

Latin script [Latn].

Other Comments

Local economy largely supported by those working outside the area.